Nucleic Acid Structure and DNA replication and repair Flashcards
Reverse transcriptase is an
RNA-dependent DNA polymerase that requires an RNA template
DNA polymerases β and ε participate in
DNA repair
Nucleosides are formed by
Covalently linking a base to the number 1 Carbon of a sugar
Hydroxyl group found on
3’ end
Repair enzymes for Thymine dimers
DNA polymerase
DNA ligase
ATM is inactivated in
Ataxia telangiectasia
G1 phase is
Period of cellular growth preceding DNA synthesis
Nucleotides consist of
Nitrogenous base
Five-carbon sugar (pentose)
Phosphate
Nucleic acids read in what direction
5’ to 3’
Phosphate group found on
5’ end
Translation goes from
RNA to Protein
Thymine dimers caused by
UV radiation
Recognition/excision enzyme for Cytosine deamination
Uracil glycosylase AP endonuclease
Nucleotides are joined together by
3’, 5’ - phosphodiester bonds
What polymerase begins synthesizing DNA in 5’ to 3’ direction
DNA polymerase 3
Recognition/excision enzymes for thymine dimers
Excision endonuclease
Guanine binds
triple bond with Cytosine
DNA synthesis occurs in what direction
5’ to 3’
Nucleotides are formed by
one or more phosphate groups attaches to the 5’ carbon of nucleoside
DNA polyermase α and δ work together to
synthesize both leading and lagging strands in Eukaryotic DNA
Exonuclease works
Mispaired deoxynucleotide removal
3’ to 5’
DNA replications occurs in
S phase
Pyrimidines are
1 ringed base consists of
Cytosine
Uracil
Thymine
Recognition/excision enzymes for mismatched base
A mutation on one of two genes: hMSH2 or hMLH1, initiates defective repair of DNA mismatches resulting in a condition known as hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer HNPCC