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Molecular basis of inheritance part 2 Flashcards

1
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What does helicase do

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unwinds dna strands at the replication fork by breaking H-bonds

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What does DNA polymerase do (4)

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  • Synthesizes new DNA strand by adding nucleotides to free 3’-OH grp of pre-existing DNA strand or RNA primer
  • Uses parental strand as template
  • Makes DNA in 5’ –> 3’ direction (links 5’ phosphate grp of new nucleotide to 3’-OH of growing strand)
  • Reads template strand from 3’–> 5’
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3
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What does topoisomerase do

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Relieves “overwinding” ahead of replication fork

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4
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what does primase do (2)

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  • RNA polymerase that synthesizes an RNA primer complementary to the DNA strand
  • Provides a 3’ end for DNA polymerase
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What does ligase do (2)

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  • glues together nicks in DNA sugar-phosphate backbone (forms phosphodiester bond)
  • needed after RNA primers are replaced by DNA and for Okazi fragments
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What do single-stranded binding proteins do

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stabilizes single stranded DNA

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Circular double stranded DNA (like in E. coli cell) has how many origins of replication and how many replication bubbles

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  • 1 origin of replication
  • 1 replication bubble
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Linear double stranded DNA (eukaryotic cell) has __ origins of replication and ____ replication bubbles

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  • Many origins of replication (100s-1000s)
  • Many replication bubbles
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What is the first step of DNA replication

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initiation

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where does initiation begin

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origins of replication, which are short specific sequences of DNA

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What 3 proteins bind to the origin of replication during initiation

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  1. helicases (unzipping of DNA)
  2. single stranded binding proteins (stabilizes ss DNA)
  3. topoisomerase (relieves strain of unwinding)
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12
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in a replication bubble, how many replication forks

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2 (Y-shaped region)

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13
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What enzyme does elongation involve

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DNA polymerase III

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14
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What is elongation in DNA replication (4)

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  • synthesizes new strand of DNA using parental strand as template
  • adds nucleotides according to base pairing rules
  • links nucleotides in growing DNA strand
  • requires free 3’ OH grp
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What end does DNA polymerase add nucleotides to

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3’end of existing nucleotide => primer needed for synthesis

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16
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in what direction does synthesis occur

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5’ to 3’ direction

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17
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DNA polymerase reads template in what direction

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3’ to 5’ direction

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18
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template dna containing a 3’ to 5’ strand and a 5’ to 3’ strand means replication is…

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bidirectional

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19
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in dna leading strand:
DNA polymerase III synthesizes dna in what direction

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same direction as dna unwinding= 5’ to 3’ toward replication fork

20
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in what direction is template read in leading strand ?

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3’ to 5’

21
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how many rna primers needed in leading strand

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1

22
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what is a lagging strand

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from discontinuous dna synthesis

23
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in what direction does dna polymerase III synthesize DNA for lagging strands

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opposite direction of DNA unwinding (5’ to 3’ away from replication fork)

24
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in what direction is the template read in lagging strands

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3’ to 5’

25
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how many rna primers for lagging strands

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many

26
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what are the fragments linked by in lagging strands

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DNA ligase

27
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what is the problem on lagging strands

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new DNA sequence is being built away from the fork (bc being built from 5’ to 3’)

28
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what are RNA primers replaced with on Okazaki fragments

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DNA pol I

29
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what is the cause of the end replication problem

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removal of rna primer from beginning of lagging strand leaves gap & fee 5’- PO4 grp

30
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Why can’t the gap left by the removal of rna primer on lagging strand be filled by DNA pol

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bc there is no free 3’-OH grp, only 5’

31
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what is the consequence of the end-replication prob (gap from rna primer removal can’t be filled by DNA pol) (3)

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  • each replication results in shorter DNA
  • can lead in possible deletion of genes
  • factor that limits life span of cells
32
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what comes to solve end-replication problem

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telomeres

33
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what are telomeres

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repeats of noncoding nucleotide sequences

34
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what is the sequence of nucleotides of telomeres

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TTAGGG
AATCCC

35
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what are telomeres added by and when

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  • added by telomerase enzyme
  • added during early development
36
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what happens to telomeres as cell ages

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shortens

37
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in what type of cell is telomerase active

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germ cells (not somatic cells)

38
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what happens if telomerase turned on in somatic cells

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cancer

39
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do telomeres prevent dna shortening

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no

40
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why do prokaryotes not have the dna shortening problem

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they have circular chromosomes

41
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DNA id a highly accurate process. How does DNA polymerase have a role in this

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it proofreads each nucleotide added

42
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when DNA pol is proofreading, what happens if incorrect pairing occurs (2)

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  • incorrect nucleotide will be removed
  • synthesis resumes once error corrected
43
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what happened to errors not caught by DNA pol DURING DNA replication

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repaired by mismatch repair

44
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what happened to errors/changes in existing DNA AFTER DNA replication

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REPAIRED BY NUCLEOTIDE EXCISION REPAIR

45
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how does nucleotide excision repair work

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  • a nuclease removes changed nucleotides
  • DNA pol fills gap & DNA ligase glues together backbone
46
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what can changes in DNA be caused by

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  • chemicals, radioactivity, ultraviolet

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