NUCLEIC ACID CENTRAL DOGMA Flashcards
Characteristics of Replication
Semiconservative
Bidirectional
Semidiscontinuous
High Fidelity
Replication is
DNA - DNA synthesis
Replication occurs during the
S-Phase
Replication requirements
Template (both strands of DNA)
RNA PRimers
Nucleotide monomers (dNTPs)
Enzyme
Replication steps
Initiation
Elongation
Termination
Identify what step of Replication:
Recognition of replication sites
Initiation
Identify what step of Replication:
DNA helicase unwinds the double helix
Initiation
Identify what step of Replication:
Replication fork is stabilized
Initiation
Use of SSBPs (single-stranded binding proteins)
Initiation
Identify what step of Replication:
Adding of nucleotides to the daughter strands
Elongation
What step in replication uses DNA polymerase
Elongation
Identify what step of Replication:
Primase adds an RNA primer
Pol-delta/Pol-epsilon elongates the new strands by adding nucleotides
Elongation
Identify what step of Replication:
Removal of RNA primers and replacement w/ DNA
Termination
Identify what step of Replication:
Joining of okazaki fragments by DNA ligase
Termination
Leading strand
synthesized in the 5’ to 3’ direction
Lagging strand
synthesized in the 5’ to 3’ direction
Characteristics of Transcription
Unidirectional
Lower fidelity
Transcription is
DNA - RNA synthesis
Occurs by demand/Isa-isa
Transcription
Requirements of Transcription
Template strand
RNA POlymerase
Nucleotide monomers (NTPs)
Transcription steps
Initiation
Elongation
Termination
Post-transcriptional processing
Identify what step of Transcription:
RNA Polymerase binds to the promoter region
Initiation
Identify what step of Transcription:
Prepares the mRNA transcript for the cystosolic environment
Post-transcriptional processing