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1
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what is a mutation?

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an alteration in the nucleotide sequence of a DNA molecule

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what are the 2 ways mutation can occur?

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  • errors in DNA replication (spontaneous mutations)

- caused by mutagens

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why don’t mutations caused by errors in DNA replication happen often?

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DNA polymerases proofreading properties

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can mutations be caused by mistakes made by DNA polymerase?

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yes

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what’s base tauterism?

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mutations caused by isomers of bases with slightly different chemical structures

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how does base tauterism affect DNA?

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affect the hydrogen bonds between base pairs, leading to incorrect bonding e.g. A-C

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do amino- bases show normal base pairing?

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yes

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do keto- bases show normal base pairing?

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yes

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do imino- bases show normal base pairing?

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no

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do enol- bases show normal base pairing

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no

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what are mutagens?

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chemical or environmental agents that cause changes in DNA molecules

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what are the 2 important ways in which mutagens can cause mutations?

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  • base analogs

- direct structural change

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13
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what’s a base analog?

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a chemical that can substitute for a normal nucleobase in nucleic acids

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14
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what adds base analogs?

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polymerase

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15
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what are direct structural changes?

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when a physical component is added which changes the DNA

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16
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which is an important base analog?

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5-bromouracil (5bU)

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what is 5bU an analog of?

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Thymine

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18
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what does keto-5bU pair with?

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adenine

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19
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what’s the problem with 5bU?

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the enol tautomer is very common and it pairs with G instead of T

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what do deaminating agents do?

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change the structures of some nucleotides by removing an Amine group

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21
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give 2 examples of deaminating agents

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  • nitrous acid

- sodium bisulphite

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22
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what does deamination of adenine give?

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hypoxanthine

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23
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what does hypoxanthine base pair with?

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C (not T)

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24
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what does the deamination of cytosine give?

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uracil

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25
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what does uracil base pair with? instead of?

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A instead of G

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what does the deamination of Guanine give?

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xanthine

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27
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what does xanthine do?

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blocks DNA replication

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28
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what are 2 other examples of agents causing structural changes to nucleotides?

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  • alkylating agents (add alkyl groups)

- intercalating agents (insert between pase pairs)

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give an example of an aklylating agent

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ethylmethane sulphonate

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30
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give an example of an intercalating agent

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ethidium bromide

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31
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what does ethidium bromide do?

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causes errors during DNA replication e.g. polymerase adding in an additional base

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32
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what can Ultraviolet radiation do?

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cause base dimerization

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33
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what is base dimerization?

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where bases on the same strand join together

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34
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which dimers are particularly bad?

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Thymine dimers

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35
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what can heat do?(2)

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cause detachment of bases

can give rise to AP site

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36
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what’s an AP site?

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apurine/apyrimidinic - leads to missing BP through the hydrolysis of B-N- glycosidic bond

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37
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what are the 4 types of mutation repair?

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  • direct
  • excision
  • mismatch
  • nonhomologous end joining
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38
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what’s direct repair?

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damaged nucleotide–> enzyme comes in –> changes it –> returns to correct nucleotide (rare)

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39
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what’s excision repair?

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region around the damaged nucleotide is removed and then the region is resynthesized, damage on one but but template on other used for resynthesis

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what’s mismatch repair?

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the same as excision, except the damage is mismatched nucleotides base pairing

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41
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what’s nonhomologous and joining repair?

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when a clear cut/clean break is in DNA e.g. by radiation or chemical. they are brought back together to give a correct sequence/ intact DNA

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42
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what sort of nucleotide alteration does direct repair correct?

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alternation caused by mutagen

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43
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how common is direct repair?

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quite uncommon

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44
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for each change in a nucleotide, what is needed in direct repair?

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a specific enzyme

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45
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how many enzymes do humans have involved in direct repair?

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12

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46
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what are the 2 types of excision repair?

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base

nucleotide

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47
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what happens in base excision repair?

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only the single, mutated base is removed and replaced

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48
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what happens in nucleotide excision repair?

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a longer piece of DNA containing the altered bases is removed

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49
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what’s the mechanism of base- excision repair in E.coli?

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  • begins with the removal of the damaged base by a DNA- glycosylase enzyme (breaks glycosidic bond)
  • resulting AP site is then filled in (enzymes remove sugar and replice the entire nucleotide- not just the base), gap filled in and phosphodiester bond is formed
50
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is nucleotide excision repair common?

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yes

51
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what carries out nucleotide excision repair?

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UvrABC endonuclease

52
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what’s the mechanism of nucleotide excision repair?

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  • the damaged nucleotide causes helix distortion
  • this is detected by the endonuclease (A detects distortion, B binds to the damaged area), the endonuclease is now active
  • B subunit cuts downstream of damage and C subunit cuts upstream of damage
  • Helicase II removes this section
  • B subunit remains in the gap, protecting exposed DNA
  • new strand is synthesised and is ligated together
53
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what sort of errors does mismatch repair correct?

A

errors in replication

54
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how is the parent or daughter strand of DNA distinguished to find which contains the error?

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the parent strand is methylated - in e.coli

55
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what recognises mismatch?

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MutH and MutS enzymes

56
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what’s the mechanism of mismatch repair?

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MutS recognises the mismatched base and MutH binds upstream of the damage
MutH cleaves this section 
DNA helicase II removes this strands
strand now exposed 
strand repaired
57
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what’s the difference between endonucleases and exonucleases?

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endonucleases go from the end

exonucleases go from the middle

58
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what does Nonhomologous end joining correct?

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DNA breaks (complete cuts of both strands)

59
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in nonhomologous end joining what distinction is important?

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the real breaks in DNA from the ends of chromosomes

60
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what distinguishes the real breaks from the ends of chromosomes?

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telomeres mark the natural ends of chromosomes

61
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what’s the mechanism of nonhomologous end joining in humans?

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  • double strand break
  • Ku proteins attach to both sides of break
  • they’re attracted to both ends of broken DNA and eachother
  • pull DNA back together
62
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what’s a point mutation?

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when one base pair is replaced with another

63
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what’s a transition point mutation?

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purine to purine/ pyrimidine to pyrimidine (same)

64
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what’s a transversion point mutation?

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purine pyrimidine (different)

65
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what’s an insertion mutation?

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where one or more base pairs are inserted

66
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what’s a deletion mutation?

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one or more base pairs are deleted

67
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what’s an inversion mutation?

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2+ base pairs are excised and reinserted in the opposite direction

68
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what’s a synonymous mutation?

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where the point mutation has no effect on the amino acid sequence

69
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what’s a synonymous mutation AKA?

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silent mutation

70
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what’s a non-synonymous mutation?

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where a point mutation changes the AA sequence

71
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what’s a non-synonymous mutation AKA?

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missense mutation

72
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what’s a nonsense mutation?

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where a point mutation changes the AA into a stop codon

73
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what does the effect on a nonsense mutation depend on?

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how far into the gene coding for a protein the stop codon occurs (worse if it’s found nearer the beginning)

74
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what’s a readthrough mutation?

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where a point mutation changes a stop codon into an AA (causes longer proteins)

75
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what’s a frameshift mutation?

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a change in the reading frame, all codons downstream of the mutation are changed

76
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how could an insertion/deletion not change the reading frame?

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if a whole codon (3 bases) are inserted/deleted

77
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what’s the CFTR protein?

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a chloride channel on the cell surface and is responsible for proper balance of salt and water within a cell

78
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what does a mutation in CFTR cause?

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dysfunction in the salt and water balance leading to thick mucous and excessive loss of salt in sweat

79
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what’s the most common CFTR mutation in the UK?

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F508 mutation

80
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what occurs in the F508 mutation?

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deleltion of 3 nucleotides, removes a codon for phenylalanine
CFTR protein still made but doesn’t reach cell surface

81
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what’s the second most common CFTR mutation?

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G542X mutation

82
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what occurs in the G542X mutation?

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nonsense mutation changes glycine to stop codon

CFTR protein isn’t made

83
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what’s the 3rd most common CFTR mutation?

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G551D

84
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what occurs in the G551D mutation?

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a non- synonymous mutation changes a glycine (G) to an aspartic acid (D)
CFTR protein is made and reaches cell surface, however works at 4% the normal rate

85
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what’s a second site reversion?

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another mutation restores the correct AA sequence

86
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what’s a supression?

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a mutation in the tRNA genes supresses nonsense mutations in protein coding genes

87
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what is a phenotype?

A

biological characteristics

88
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what are most organisms, in terms of gene number?

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diploid

89
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if there’s a mutation in one gene, does it always affect the genotype?

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no- it could be recessive

90
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what’s haplosufficiency?

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when a mutation in only one gene is all that’s required to cause disease

91
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give an example of haplosufficiency

A

Alagille syndrome

92
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what’s trisomy?

A

3 copies of a chromosome

93
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what causes down syndrome?

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trisomy of chromosome 21

94
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what is monosomy also known as?

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aneuploidy

95
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what does monosomy 7 lead to?

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bone marrow failure –> high risk of leukemia

96
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what is chromosome translocation?

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when part of one chromosome becomes attached to another chromosome

97
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what’s the Philadelphia chromosome a common cause of?

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leukemia

98
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what happens in a philadelphia chromosome?

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the control region of the gene for cell division is lost, therefore the gene is switched on all the time and cell division is uncontrolled

99
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what is molecular cloning?

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cutting, joining and propagating recombinant DNA

100
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very generally, how does molecular cloning occur?

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  • isolate DNA
  • cut DNA
  • insert into vector (recombinant)
  • introduce recombinant vector into bacteria
  • amplify recombinant growth
101
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what cuts/splices DNA?

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restriction endonucleases

102
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what sort of sequence do restriction endonucleases cut?

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palindromic sequences

103
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what do different restriction endonucleases have?

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different sequence specificities

104
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what’s a palindromic sequence?

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one where the complementary sequence is the same

105
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How is the DNA cut?

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by restriction endonucleases
cut is staggered- cut at the same nucleotides on both sides but not parallel
this means that there’s an overhang- sticky end

106
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what 2 enzymes allow the cut DNA to join with bacterial vector?

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ligase

photophatase

107
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what does phosphatase do?

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allows a stable ligated molecule of recombinant plasmid

108
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what are DNA libraries?

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isolation and separation of individual sequences within a cell

109
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what genes are found in a genomic library?

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all (genome)

110
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what genes are found in the transcriptome/ DNA library?

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only expressed genes

111
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what’s cDNA (complementary DNA)?

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  • makes up the transcriptome
  • libraries from different tissues make up different sequences
  • no unsubscribed sequences
112
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what’s genomic DNA?

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  • all sequences in genome
  • same sequences in all tissues
  • introns and exons
113
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what is the process of mRNA–> cDNA?

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reverse transcription

114
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how is a cDNA library made?

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  • isolate mRNA
  • convert to cDNA (reverse transcriptase)
  • insert into a vector and transform (into bacteria)
  • colonies of bacteria grow- 1 sequence per colony
115
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how is a Genome DNA library made?

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isolate DNA
cut it up- restriction endonucleases
insert into vector
grow colonies- each colony has a different fragment of DNA to represent your genome

116
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is enhancer found in cDNA or genomic?

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genomic

117
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is promoter found in cDNA or genomic?

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genomic

118
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is 5’UTR found in cDNA or genomic?

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both

119
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are exons found in cDNA or genomic?

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both

120
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is 3’UTR found in cDNA or genomic?

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both

121
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is intergenic DNA found in cDNA or genomic?

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genomic

122
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are introns found in cDNA or genomic?

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genomic

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