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Lecture 8 Flashcards

1
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what is genetic material?

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Information contained in genes that gets passed onto new generation; Source of variability among organisms

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what are the 4 characteristics needed for a molecule to be genetic material?

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replication, store information, express information, and allow variation by mutation

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3
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what is the central dogma of genetics?

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DNA > RNA > protein

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4
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What are the characteristics of retroviruses?

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-They convert their RNA to DNA before taking over the host cell
=Replicate unusually
RNA serves as a template for DNA synthesis
-Complementary synthesis of DNA by RNA-dependent DNA polymerase reverse transcriptase

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what was the Hershey-Chase experiment?

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  • foundation experiment responsible for finding DNA was the source of genetic material
  • P32 found DNA and S35 found proteins
  • There is then radioactivity in the dna but the others inject their genome but leave their radioactive “ghost” on the outside
  • The ghosts are labeled and cells are not and the opposite was true for the dna infected phages
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6
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what do nucleotides consist of?

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  • a nitrogenous base
  • a pentose sugar
  • a phosphate group
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what are the two kinds of nitrogenous bases?

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  • purines

- pyrimidines

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8
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Purines

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  • nine membered ring
  • adenine
  • guanine
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pyrimidines

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  • six membered rings
  • cytosine
  • thymine
  • uracil (RNA)
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10
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What nitrogenous bases do DNA have?

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A, T, G, and C

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what nitrogenous bases do RNA have?

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A, C, U, and G

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12
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what is the difference between deoxyribose and ribose sugar?

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deoxy means without oxygen, the difference is that there is not an oxygen on the 2’ hydrogen

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13
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what is the 5’ group attached to?

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a phosphate group

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14
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what is the 3’ group attached to?

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a nucleotide

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15
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what is a nucleoside?

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a nitrogenous base with a pentose sugar

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16
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what is a nucleotide?

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the same thing as a nucleoside, but it has a phosphate group attached to it

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what are the three types of nucleosides?

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nucleoside monophosphate, nucleoside diphosphate, and nucleoside triphosphate

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18
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how are nucleotides linked?

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through phosphodiester bonds, they are connected from the 5’ group to the 3’ group

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19
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what is adenine complementary to?

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thymine and uracil

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20
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what is guanine complementary to?

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cytosine

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21
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what are the three classes of RNA?

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messenger RNA, ribosomal RNA, and transfer RNA

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22
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ribosomal RNA (rRNA)

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  • structural components of ribosomes for protein synthesis

- catalytic ribosomes that start the process of making proteins

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23
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messenger RNA (mRNA)

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  • template for protein synthesis
  • carry genetic information from the gene to the ribosome
  • piece of RNA that encodes proteins and the process of making proteins
  • leaves the nucleus and goes into the cytoplasm
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transfer RNA (tRNA)

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  • carries amino acids for protein synthesis

- is an adapter molecule that can read the mRNA and bring the right amino acid to make a protein

25
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are there other forms of RNA?

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  • Telomerase RNA and RNA primers: used to replicate DNA at the ends of chromosomes
  • SnRNA: small nuclear RNA that processes mRNA
  • RNA, micro RNA, and siRNA: gene regulation
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what does semiconservative mean?

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each replicated DNA molecule consists of an old strand and a new strand

27
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how does the semiconservative model work?

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  • the two strands of the parent DNA is then split apart, then one new strand of DNA is made
  • it consists of one old strand and one new strand
28
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what direction does DNA polymerase go into?

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5’ to 3’ direction

29
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what are the 7 issues that need to be resolved in DNA replication?

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  1. Unwinding of helix
  2. Reduce increased coiling generated during unwinding
  3. Synthesis of primer for initiation
  4. Discontinuous synthesis of second strand
  5. Removal of the R N A primers
  6. Joining of gap-filling D N A to adjacent strand
  7. Proofreading
30
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how do you know the difference between genes and proteins?

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genes are lower case and have italics while proteins are upper case and have no italics

31
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dnaA

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  • unwinding of the helix
  • initiator protein encoded by dnaA gene
  • binds to ORI causing conformation change
  • exposes ssDNA for DNA helicase to bind
32
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DNA helicase

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  • made of dnaB polypeptides
  • recruits holoenzyme to bind to replication fork and initiate replication
  • unwinds DNA
33
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reducing the supercoiling

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  • DNA gyrase
  • snips to allow tension to unravel
  • relieves coiled tension from sunwinding helix
34
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Where does DNA replication begin?

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at the origin of replication (ORI)

35
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what does the ORI do?

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  • where new synthesis of DNA begins

- unwinding occurs

36
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replication fork

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  • is at the site of replication

- where the helix is unwound

37
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what is the termination sequence for DNA synthesis?

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TER

38
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what way is replication?

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bidirectional

-there are two replication forks

39
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replicon

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length of DNA being replicated

40
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how many ORIs do bacteria have?

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1

41
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DNA polymerase 1

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  • directs DNA synthesis
  • requires a DNA template
  • chain elongation
42
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chain elongation

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  • occurs in the 5’ to 3’ direction, adding one nucleotide at a time to the 3’ end
  • once a nucleotide is added, two terminal phosphates cleaved off, providing a newly exposed 3’ OH
43
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DNA Polymerase 1,2,3

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-can elongate existing DNA strand by adding a monomer to the 3’ end, but cannot initiate DNA synthesis

44
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DNA Polymerase 1, 2, 4, 5

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  • involved in DNA repair

- repair DNA damaged by external forces like UV light

45
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DNA Polymerase 3

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acts as a holoenzyme (has multiple functioning parts as a single structure)

46
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alpha

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  • polymerase 3 subunit

- 5’ - 3’ polymerization

47
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epsilon

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  • polymerase 3 subunit

- 3’ - 5’ exonuclease

48
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theta

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  • polymerase 3 subunit

- core assembly

49
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tau

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  • polymerase 3 subunit

- connects core to rest of the holoenzyme

50
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synthesis of primer for initiation

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  • made from RNA
  • recruited to replicate from helicase
  • provides the 3’ OH required by DNA pol 3 for elongation
  • DNA pol 1 removes primer to replace with DNA
51
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discontinuous synthesis of second strand

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-there are two strands of a double helix that run antiparallel to each other

52
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continuous strand

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  • continuous DNA synthesis

- leading strand that only have one RNA primer

53
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discontinuous strand

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  • discontinous DNA synthesis

- lagging strand with many RNA primers

54
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removal of RNA primers

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  • Okazaki fragments
  • lagging strand synthesized as Okazaki fragments
  • DNA pol 1 removes primers
  • DNA is then filled in the gaps
55
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joining of gap filling DNA

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  • DNA ligase
  • catalyzes phosphodiester bonds
  • seals nicks and joins fragments
56
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proofreading

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  • DNA polymerase is not perfect

- relies on exonuclease activity 3’ - 5’ to remove nucleotide mistakes and fic them

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