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Lecture 3 - Regulation Of Chromatin Structure Flashcards

1
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What are centromeres characterised by?

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Specific histone H3 variant (CenpA or CenH3)?

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What do centromeres in higher eukaryotic chromosomes contain in large amounts?

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Repetitive DNA and unique histone variants

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What type of structure does a centromere have?

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Heterochromatin

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What is the structure of heterochromatin like?

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The structure is inaccessible and repressive No Replication No Transcription No DNA repair

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What is the structure of Euchromatin like?

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The structure is accessible and extended Replication Transcription DNA repair

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What is chromatin remodelling?

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The energy-dependent displacement of reorganisation of nucleosomes that occurs in conjugation with activation of genes for transcription There are numerous ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling dimpled that use energy provided by hydrolysis of ATP

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What can remodelling complexes do?

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Alter, slide or displace nucleosomes

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What are histone post translational modification?

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Covalent in nature Lysine methylation Lysine acetylation Lysine ubiquitilation Lysine sumolyation
Arginine methylation Glutamate ADP ribosylation Threonine phosphorylation.
Serine phosphorylation Tyrosine phosphorylation Arginine deimination (citrullination)

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9
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What is side chain modification?

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Histone tails are highly conserved and are modified on specific amino acids Modification of amino acid side chains can alter structure/function

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10
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What is direct effect of side chain modification?

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Change in charge

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What is the indirect effect of side chain modification?

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Change in charge

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Histone modification

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Histone modifications are mutually exclusive e.g. lysine cannot be methylated if already acetylated and vice versa Marks are reversible

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13
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What does chromatin modification function depends on?

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Specific modification ‘reader’

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14
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Methylation

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KMTs

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15
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Demethylation

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KDMs

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16
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Acetylation

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HDACs

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17
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De acetylation

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HATs

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18
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Phosphorylation

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Kinase

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19
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Dephosphorylation

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Phosphatases

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20
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What is HAT?

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Histone acetyltransferase

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21
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What is Lysine acetylation/deacetylation of histone tails?

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Acetylation of Lysine residues in histone tails Loss of positive charge Reduction in binding to DNA Opening up of chromatin Access to DNA

22
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HDAC

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Histone deacetylase

23
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What is TAFII250 bromodomain?

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Acetylates Transcriptional activation

24
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Histone modifying complexes have several components

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Histone modification enzymes have little, if any, specificity other than for Lysine, they have the ability to acetylation/deaceytlate ANY Lysine on ANY histone or nucleosome

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What is histone acetylation associated with?

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Transcription activation

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What is Lysine (K) acetyltransferase (KAT) ?

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An enzyme present in large complexes that acetylates Lysine residues in histones AKA histone acetyltransferase

27
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What is transcription activators associated with?

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Histone acetylase activities in large complexes

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What is histone deacetylase (HDAC)?

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Enzyme that removes acetyl groups from histones May be associated with repressors of transcription

29
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Where are deacetylase present ?

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Complexes with repressor activity

30
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Where do distinct enzyme activities exist ?

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Both methylation for and demethylating Lysines (mono, di, tri)

31
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What is context dependent?

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Different methylated Lysine’s can recruit activators or repressors

32
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What is methylation catalysed by?

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Histone methyltransferase (KMTs)

33
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What is demethylation catalysed by?

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Histone demethyltransferase (KDMs)

34
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What is HP1 chromodomain?

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Methylates Heterochromatin assembly Transcriptional silencing

35
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How can processes such as transcription be regulated?

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By switching modifications

36
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What is DNA methylation?

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Covalent addition of a methyl group onto 5th position of cytosine within self complementary CpG dinucleotides Catalysed by DNA methyltransferase

37
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What does DNA methyltransferase do ?

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Flip bases out of the double helix

38
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What are examples of highly methylated sequences?

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Satellite DNA Repetitive element (transposons and relic) Non-repetitive intergenic DNA and exons of genes

39
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What is the percentage of CpG in human somatic cells that are methylated (global methylation)?

40
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Approximately how many CpG islands in human genome?

41
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Where are CpG islands present?

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Nearly all constitutively active house keeping genes

42
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What are CpG islands in normal tissue?

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Unmethylated

43
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What does DNA methylation do?

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Compact chromatin and is associated with Transcriptional repression

44
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What are the 3 types of modification that affect chromatin?

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  1. Acetyltransferase/deacetylase 2. Histone methyltransferase/demethylase 3. DNA demethylase/ DNA methyltransferase
45
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Acetyltransferase/deacetylase

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Remodelling complexes can facilitate binding of acetyltransferase complexes

46
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Histone methyltransferase/demethylase

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Histone methylation can also recruit chromatin-modifying complexes

47
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What do different modifications and complexes facilitate?

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Transcription, initiation and elongation

48
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DNA demethylase/ DNA methyltransferase

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DNA methylation and histone modification act in concert to regulate transcription in the chromatin environment

49
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What are modification?

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Reversible and therefore dynamic

50
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Inactive to active state

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Histone acetyltransferase Histone demethylase DNA demethylase

51
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Active to inactive state

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Histone deacetylase Histone methyltransferase DNA methyltransferase

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