Lecture 7 Slides Flashcards
What does DNA polymerase require at chromosome ends
A primer
What is the main purpose of a telomere?
To stabilize chromosome ends
At what end of DNA does replication end? What is incomplete at end of replication?
End of replication of DNA is at 5’ end. At the end of replication, replication of lagging strand is incomplete.
Without telomeres, what would happen to 5’ end of DNA?
It would continue to shorten over successive rounds of DNA replication
Telomerase has homology to what?
Reverse transcriptase
How does telomerase work?
It synthesizes DNA strand (5’ to 3’) from RNA template that is part of the enzyme
What does DNA polymerase do after telomerase?
It elongates opposite strand
What is human telomere sequence?
T2AG3
Steps of telomerase function
- Telomerase binds to incomplete lagging strand at end of replication
- Binds to parental strand at 3’ and adds to it.
- Extends three end with RNA templates DNA synthesis (G strand)
- DNA polymerase completes lagging strand (C strand)
What is shelterin complex
Protects telomere DNA and recruits telomere at S phase
What does shelterin complex regulate
Formation of t-loop
Which shelterin complex proteins bind single strand DNA
TPP1 and POT1
Which shelterin complex proteins bind double strand DNA
RAP1, TIN2, TRF2, TRF1
What is the difference, at end of DNA replication,between parent and lagging strands?
3’ overhang
How is t loop formed
Overhang loops above parent strand and links into it
In what cells is telomere active
In germ cells and some stem cells
Where does telomere DNA gradually shorten? What does that do to its activity?
In somatic cells
Activity is low
What do humans with with mutation in one copy of telomerase gene display?
Premature aging
When do primary cultures of animal somatic cells cease to divide?
After ~50 cell cycles; telomerase shortens at each cycle
What is function of DNA surveillance system
Detects chromosome defects, inhibits cell cycle or promotes cell death
If telomerase is active in cells, do they proliferate
Yes, indefinitely
What allows transformed cell lines and cancer cells to divide indefinitely
Active telomerase
What enzyme is used to make rna from DNA?
Rna polymerase
Difference between ribose and deoxyribose
Second carbon in deoxyribose has H i/o OH
Difference between uracil and thymine
Uracil carbon double bond has no methylated carbons, but thymine has one methyl attached to carbon