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Molecular Inheritance and DNA to Protein Flashcards

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conservative

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DNA parental strand intact, all new copy made

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helicase

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“unzips” the double helix

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DNA polymerase

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adds free DNA nucleotides (catalyzes elongation)

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leading strand

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template strand for continuous synthesis

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origins of replication

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beginning places for replication

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antiparallel

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DNA strands with sugar-phosphate backbones in opposite directions

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ligase

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enzyme that joins DNA fragments

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primer

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short sequence of RNA needed to start new chain

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telomeres

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ends of eukaryotic chromosomes

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dispersive

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each new daughter strand mixes old and new nucleotides

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replication bubble

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point of separation of DNA strands

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primase

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links RNA nucleotides used for “starter” (makes primer for replication)

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lagging strand

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copied in short segments

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single strand binding proteins

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hold template strands apart

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okazaki fragments

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name for short pieces formed by lagging strand template

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semiconservative

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each strand serves as a template for a new strand

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primer nucleotides

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are replaced with DNA nucleotides

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18
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telomerase

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uses short RNA sequence to extend 3 prime end

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19
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intron

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noncoding sequence

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20
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DNA template

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the side of the DNA that is transcribed

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transcription factors

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recognize the promoter region and bind to the promoter

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transcription unit

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the “gene” that includes promoter and terminator

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RNA polymerase

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separates DNA and also adds free RNA nucleotides

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post-translational modifications

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process that modifies transcript after transcription

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spliceosome

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unit that removes introns and joins exons

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transcription initiation complex

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includes promoter, factors, and polymerase

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promoter

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“upstream” of the gene sequence

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terminator

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signals end of transcription

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5 prime

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modified guanine added to this end after transcription, serves as “attach” signal for ribosomes

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exon

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coding segments

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snRNP

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consist of snRNA and proteins; part of a larger splicing unit (small nuclear ribonucleic proteins)

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ribosome

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snRNA can act as an enzyme and is called this

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3 prime

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a poly-A tail is added to this end after transcription

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tRNA

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carries specific amino acid to ribosome

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wobble

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relaxing of base pairing rules at 3rd base

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aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase

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enzyme that catalyzes formation of covalent bond to join tRNA with amino acid

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anticodon

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specific triplet on tRNA

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codon

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specific triplet on mRNA

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rRNA

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this, not the protein portion, carries out the function of the ribosome

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intiation

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process that brings together mRNA, small subunit, and initiator tRNA

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initiation factors

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brings in large subunit and places initiator tRNA in P site

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mRNA

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brings DNA instructions to cytoplasm

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translocation

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ribosome moves tRNA with polypetptide chain from A to P site

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termination

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occurs when one of three stop codons is reached

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chaperone protein

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aid folding of polypeptide

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polyribosome

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multiple ribosomes making many copies of same polypeptide

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codon recognition

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first step of elongation in translation (mRNA meets tRNA)

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release factor

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binds to stop codon to hydrolyze connection between tRNA and chain

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peptide bond

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connection between chain and new amino acid in A site

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Griffith

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1928 (1)

discovered transformation; mice with harmful and harmless strands of pneumonia

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Avery

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1944 (2)

figured out DNA was the transforming agent; purified all the molecules from Griffith’s experiment

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Hershey and Chase

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1952 (4)

proved DNA was the transforming agent; used T2 phages with radioactive sulfur (tagged protein) and radioactive phosphorus (tagged DNA)

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Chargaff

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1947 (3)

base pairing rules

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Franklin and Wilkins

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Early 1950s (5)

x-ray crystallography; able to deduce three-dimensional structure of DNA

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Watson and Crick

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Mid 1950s (6)

discovered the structure of DNA; hypothesized mechanism for DNA replication; semiconservative model of replication

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Meselson and Stahl

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Late 1950s (7)

proved that DNA replicates using the semiconservative model, used a heavy isotope of nitrogen

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Gerrod

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first linked a genotype to a phenotype; alkaptonuria

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Beadle and Tatum

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one gene one polypeptide hyp., bread mold defective in synthesizing arginine pathway

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Nirenberg

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discovered genetic code

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Translation Initiation (process)

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  • brings together mRNA, a tRNA bearing the first Amino acid of the polypeptide, and the 2 subunits of a ribosome
  • small ribosomal unit binds with mRNA and a special initiator tRNA, which carries the amino acid methionine
  • a large ribosomal unit is then attached, forming the translation initiation complex
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Polypeptide destine for the endomembrane system or for export (process)

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-polypeptide has a specific signal peptide at or near the leading end (about 20 amino acids)
-signal recognition particle (srp) binds to signal peptide
and attaches it (+ its ribosome) to a receptor protein in the ER membrane
-protein synthesis resumes

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frameshift

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causes improperly grouped codons

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substitution

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change in one pair of nitrogenous bases

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missense

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an amino acid, but a different one

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point

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can have little or no impact or readily detectable change

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silent

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same amino acid because of redundancy in genetic code

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nonsense

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amino acid changed to a stop codon

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insertion/deletion

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addition or loss of nucleotide pairs

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