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Lecture 2 strobel: mutations, mutagens and dna damage repair part 2 Flashcards

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1
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What are mutagens?

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chemical or physical agents that induce mutations

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What do mutagens do?

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alter DNA in different ways

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What do chemical mutagens contain?

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base modifiers, base analogs and intercalating agents

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What are base modifiers?

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they are chemical mutagens that covalently modify the structure of a nucleotides base

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What do base modifiers do?

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can disrupt pairing by alkylating bases

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What are base analogs?

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modified nucleotides that fool DNA polymerase and become incorporated into DNA during replication
* incorporation of base analogs can distort DNA structure
* some tautomerize at a high rate

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What are intercalating agents?

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they can be inserted into the DNA double helix between bases
* they directly interfere with DNA replication and it distorts the structure of the double helix

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What are some examples of physical mutagens?

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X-rays, gamma rays, ionizing radiation and UV light

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9
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What are induced mutations considered?

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base modifiers

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What is an example of a base analog?

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5-bromouridine

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What are some examples of base modifiers used during induced mutations?

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nitrous acid and alkylating agents

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What does nitrous acid do and how are humans exposed to it?

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  • it replaces amino groups with keto groups (oxidative deamination)
  • it is formed in our stomach from nitrates that are used in smoked/cured meats
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What do alkylating agents do?

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covalently add ethyl or methyl groups to bases

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What base does 5-bromouridine look like and what does it do?

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  • thymine
  • it tautomerizes from the keto to the enol form at a high rate
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What are the two general classes of radiation?

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ionizing and non-ionizing radiation

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List the characteristics of ionizing radiation.

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  • includes x-rays and gamma rays
  • has short wavelength and high energy
  • can penetrate biological tissues
  • produces free radicals
  • can cause: deletions, oxidized bases, single strand nicks in DNA, crosslinking and double strand breaks in DNA
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Wat are the characteristics of non-ionizing radiation?

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  • has a longer wavelength and lower energy than ionizing radiation
  • its less penetrating but can still cause skin damage
18
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What are some examples of non-ionizing radiation sources?

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sunlight, germicidal lamp and UV LED sample irradiator

19
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What can UV Light cause the formation of?

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a DNA lesion called a thymine dimer

20
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Why do thymine dimers occur?

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adjacent thymine bases become covalently linked, causing errors during DNA Replication

21
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What test do we use to tell if an agent is a mutagen?

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the Ames Test

22
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What is the Ames Test?

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a method foe assessing the mutagenicity of a physical or chemical agent

23
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What is the strategy for the Ames Test?

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start with a salmonella strain that requires histidine to grow
* then expose the salmonella to a suspected mutagen
* if the agent is a mutagen it may cause reversion mutation that restores the ability to synthesize histidine

24
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What happens during direct repair?

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an enzyme recognizes DNA dame=age and directly converts the damaged nucleotides back to the correct form

25
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What occurs during excision repair?

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a damaged base or nucleotide s removed from d=DNA, a segment of DNA in this region is excised and a new DNA strand is synthesized using the complementary strand as a template

26
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What occurs during mismatch repair

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similar process to excision repair but for mismatched normal nucleotides

27
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How can damaged bases be removed and repaired?

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by base excision repair

28
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What enzymes are involved in base excision repair?

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DNA N-glycosylases
* primarily used for non-bulky lesions

29
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What is an example of base excision repair?

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the repairing of uracil in DNA

30
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What are the 4 steps for repairing uracil in DNA?

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  1. uracil DNA glycosylase binds to the DNA that contains a U base
  2. uracil DNA glycosylase then excises the U base yielding an AP site
  3. an AP endonuclease site excises the AP site
  4. DNA polymerase fills in the correct base, then DNA ligase seals the nick
31
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Nucleotide excision repair of thymine dimers is used to repair what?

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bulky lesions by excising a segment of DNA

32
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What does Uvr C do?

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makes 2 cuts on the DNA strand that contains the thymine dimer

33
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What does UvrD do?

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its a helicase that unwinds DNA

34
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Defects in nucleotide excision repair cause what condition?

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xeroderma pigmentosum which is characterized by a severe sensitivity to sunlight and predisposes someone to skin cancer

35
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What are the factors that contribute to the fidelity of DNA replication?

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base insertion, proofreading and mismatch repair

36
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What is mismatch repair?

A

when systems correct base pair mismatches

37
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Both bases involved in a mismatch are natural, how does the cell know which one is correct?

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If the mismatch is due to an error in DNA replication, the new strand will contain the incorrect base. New DNA takes time to be methylated.

38
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What 3 key proteins are used in the E. coli mismatch repair system?

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MutS, MutL, and MutH

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What does MutS protein do in the E. coli mismatch repair system?

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finds a mismatch in DNA then binds to MutL which is a linker to MutH

40
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What does MutH do in the E. coli mismatch repair system?

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binds to hemi methylated dna and cuts the non-methylated DNA strand

41
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What does MutU do in the E. coli mismatch repair system?

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unwinds the DNA and an exonuclease degrades the new strand until just beyond MutS… this removes the incorrect base

42
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What is the role of DNA polymerase in the E. coli mismatch repair system?

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it fills in the gap and DNA ligase seals the nick

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