Lecture 21 - DNA I Flashcards

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What is the central dogma ? (Definition)

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States how genetic information is stored, replicated and read

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What is the central dogma ? (Example form)

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DNA makes RNA makes protein

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What is the definition of a gene ?

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Unit of inheritance

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What is the lecturers definition of a gene ?

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Life forms reproduce themselves and use energy

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What is the lecturers definition of a gene ?

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Life forms reproduce themselves and use energy

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6
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What are genes made of ?

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DNA

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What did Avery, McCarty and MacLeod discover ?

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That genes are made of DNA not protein

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What are the four things that DNA must do ?

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  1. Replicate faithfully
  2. Have the coding capacity to generate the proteins required for cellular functions
  3. Be transmitted from parent cell to daughter cell
  4. Orchestrate many functions in organisms
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9
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How much DNA does a diploid human cell contain ?

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More than 2 meters

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10
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Where are genes located in Eukaryotic cells ?

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In chromosomes, in the nucleus

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Why was there a race to understand the structure of DNA ?

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It would go a long way toward understanding the diversity and evolution of life forms

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12
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What is the atomic composition of DNA ?

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  1. Carbon
  2. Hydrogen
  3. Oxygen
  4. Phosphorus
  5. Nitrogen
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13
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What are the components of a nucleotide ?

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  1. Phosphate
  2. Sugar - deoxyribose
  3. Nitrogenous base
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14
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What is the subunits of DNA ?

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Nucleotides

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15
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How many nitrogenous bases are there ?

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4

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What are the four nitrogenous bases ?

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  1. Adenine
  2. Guanine
  3. Cytosine
  4. Thymine
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17
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Which nitrogenous bases are purines ?

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  1. Adenine

2. Guanine

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18
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What nitrogenous bases are pyrimidines ?

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  1. Cytosine

2. Thymine

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How would you explain what type of structure is DNA ?

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How would you explain what type of structure is a nucleotide ?

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What are the four types of nucleotide ?

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  1. dAMP
  2. dGMP
  3. dCMP
  4. dTMP
22
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What is the 5’ end of a DNA strand ?

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Phosphate end

23
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What is the 3’ end of of a DNA strand ?

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Hydroxy end

24
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Does the DNA strand have polarity ?

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What is the DNA's strand directionality/polarity based on ?
The different end groups of the terminal nucleotides
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How is the sugar-phosphate backbone formed ?
Monomers linking together
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What is a rule concerning the monomer link to form the sugar-phosphate backbone ?
The link can only be made between the 5' phosphate of one nucleotide and the 3' hydroxyl of another
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How was the 3D structure of DNA determined ?
X-ray crystallography and model building
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What provides the fibres for X-ray crystallography ?
Addition of a solution of ethanol
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What seen on Rosalind Franklin's B51 X-ray image of DNA ?
A helical repeat unit of 10 stacked base pairs
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What four things did X-ray analysis and model building reveal about the DNA structure ?
1. DNA is a 2-stranded helical structure with the sugar-phosphate backbones on the outside 2. The bases are stacked on the inside, perpendicular to the helix axis 3. Helical repeat unit = 34A (10bp per helix turn) 4. DNA double helix is about 20A wide
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How many strands does DNA have ?
2
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Where are the sugar-phosphate backbones found ?
On the outside of the DNA helical structures
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Where are the nitrogenous bases found on the DNA strands ?
On the inside of the strands, perpendicular to the helix axis
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What is the helical repeat unit ?
34A (10 base pairs per helix turn)
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How wide is the DNA double helix ?
20A
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How are the four types of bases arranged within the DNA double helix ?
Base composition and base ratio
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What form do the bases exist in ?
Normally keto not enol form
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What are tautomers ?
Structural isomers that differ from one another based on the position of protons and double bonds
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What is Chargaff's rule of base composition ratio's ?
Any species of any organism should have a 1:1 stoichiometric ratio of purine and pyrimidine bases, more specifically, that the amount of guanine should be equal to cytosine and the amount of adenine should be equal to thymine
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What are the key proposals of Watson and Crick ?
1. The only base pairs permitted are adenine paired with thymine and guanine paired with cytosine 2. Implications of base pairing for DNA replication 3. The DNA strands are in anti-parallel orientation
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How does replication occur ?
Via templating
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Why is the replication process called templating ?
A parent strand acts as a template on which the daughter strand is synthesised
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What does the sequence of bases on one strand determine ?
The sequence of bases on the other strand