Lecture 5 Slides Flashcards
Where is nuclear lamina? What binds to it?
On inside of inner nuclear membrane. Peripheral heterochromatin binds to it.
Nuclear envelope made up of
Outer and inner nuclear membranes
What is a continuation of the outer nuclear membrane
Endoplasmic reticulum
What is a chromosome. What does it do?
A single DNA molecule. Function: Maintain genetic info Replicate genetic info Segregate genetic info
What is chromatin made of
DNA
Histones
Non-histone proteins
How many histones in nucleosome
Eight
What links Nucleosomes? What is length between them?
Linker DNA.
200 nucleotide pairs of FNA
What does nuclease do
Digest linker DNA
What is the diameter of a nucleosome
11 nm
How many times does DNA wrap around nucleosome core
1.67 times
How is DNA coiled in Nucleosomes
Negatively
How big are histones? How are thy structured?
102-133 aa
Histone fold at C terminus
What is the charge of histones
Positive
What are histones enriched in? What is their PI?
Enriched in arginine and lysine. pIs range from 9.8 to 10.25
How foes histone bind to DNA
Via various noncovalent bonds
What extends from nucleosome. What does it have?
Amino-terminal tails. Have numerous covalent modifications.
What encodes histones
Multigene families expressed during DNA replication
Are histones found in bacteria
No, but in archaea yes
Are histones present in all eukaryotes
All but dinoflagellates
What do archaea histone-like proteins assemble
Tetramers that protect ~60bp of DNA from nuclease digestion
How is chromatin remodeled
ATP-dependent DNA translocate a anchor on histone October and move DNA around the nucleosome
What is the function of chromatin remodeling complexes
- work with histone chaperones to remove and replace histones
- assemble Nucleosomes on newly-replicates DNA
- assist in DNA repair
- condense chromatin to form heterochromatin
- regulate gene expression by altering chromatin structure at promoters
- modify transcription elongation