Lecture 15 Flashcards
regulation methods
-transcriptional cascade
-splice
-polyadenylation, mRNA cap and translation regulation
-RNAi and miRNA
what determines mammal gender
transcriptional cascade bc it runs off certain transcription factors
what supports the theory of regulation
different somatic cells have the same genomic code so they must be expressing different regions
where is the enhancer
before the core promoter
what tells the enhancer what genes to turn on
insulators bc they can go in either direction and where they are means transcription is going the opposite way
ex: if insulator is upstream we are going to express genes downstream
what can block promoter access
sequence between enhancer and promoter (insulator)
what do insulators do to DNA
put it in loops and the enhancer will only bind to transcription activator on the loop that is being activated
-the other loop is not being expressed
CTCF
protein that bind insulator to DNA
-causes the loop
chip assay
identify DNA base pair sites, extract DNA with proteins still attached and then use antibodies to get the transcription factors of interest, selectively purify antibody and it will take anything bound to it, then sequence and map genome
one transcription factor has
thousands of sites and sequences
male vs female determined by
SRY TF
-when it is present it causes male development
-you can have an XY without SRY which will lead to a female XY individual
FGF9
boy
-production is stimulated by SOX9 and when FGF9 is produced it will inhibit WNT4
WNT4
girl
-inhibits FGF9 and then the female cascade begins
-typically wins
FGF9 and WNT4
-protein hormones
SOX 9
promotes by SRY to make FGF9 and inhibit WNT4
no SRY
WNT4 will win bc there is no FGF9 to inhibit itself
what happens when we block SRY
we get an XY female bc we cant inhibit WNT4
block WNT4
XX male bc female cant win
steroid hormones
activate nuclear hormone receptor transcription factors
-testosterone and estradiol (ovaries)
-a recceptor in cytoplasm will change to let it into the nucleaus where the transcription factors are
sex hormone
ligand binding to the transcription factors (like CAP or LUX R)
is the eukaryotic coding region continuous?
no
-it has introns and exons
non coding regions
-introns
-removed with splice
-NOT IN BACTERIA
-not in mRNA
splicesome
catalyze splice
-small ribonucleoprotein particles (snRNPs)
-form the lariat loop
-DONT CUT just hold the lariat folded
A in the splice
makes 3 bonds bc RNA has a 2 prime hydroxyl this is why DNA cant do the splice
-forms the lariat
splice
the lariat is removed and degrades and the 3 prime (donor) and 5 prime (acceptor) ends connect to make a continuous coding sequence
self splicing
-can self fold without proteins and use ribozymes which are RNA molecules that act like enzymes
-cuts lariant out itself
life theory
begain with catayltic RNA