PL2 Flashcards
what is DNA subjected to
constant damage
name the types of damage DNA is subjected to
Hydrolytic depurination
cytosine deamination
guanidine oxidation
methylation
what can damage DNA
many chemical processes in cell and effects from environmental factors (chemicals and radiation)
what is a mutation
permanent and transmissible changes to genetic material of a cell or organism
why/when can mutations occur
can occur spontaneously
by transposable elements (segments of DNA that can move around in genome)
by errors during replication
what are mutagens
chemical compounds or UV radiation or ionizing radiation that increase frequency of mutations
like r rays and atomic particles
what happens if mutation in germline
can be passed to progeny
what happens if mutation in somatic cells
wont go to progeny but cause functional changes in soma
what are carcinogens
agents that cause cancer
many are mutagens
damaged somatic cells and divide uncontrollably
why do mechanism exist to repair damage to DNA
since DNA stores all info of cell
stability of DNA is very important
name a few diseases that are caused by defects in DNA repair systems - 5
hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer
xeroderma pigmentosum
blooms syndrome
fanconi anemia
hereditery breast cancer - BRCA1 and BRCA2 deficiency
are DNA polymerases perfect
uhmmmno
they introduce 1 error every 10,000 incorporated nucleotides
what is measured rate of incorrect incorporation in cells and why
1 in 1,000,000,000
largely due to proofreading
what do DNA polymerases have
proofreading activity
which polymerases have proofreading activity
polymerases epsilon and delta have a 3’ to 5’ associated exonuclease (proofreading activity)
which DNA polymerase does not have proofreading activity
alpha
describe proofreading activity
Incorporation of incorrect base casues polymerase to pause
3’ end of new strand is free to move (flops around) to the 3’ to 5’ exonucleuase site and mispaired base is removed - chomps and digests it
what is a point mutation
single base change
what is most common point mutation
C to T
explain point mutation from C to T
chemical reaction - deamination that can affect either cytosine or methylated cytosine
if methyl cytosine undergoes deamination the amino group is replaced with keto group = thymine
how can a T-G mismatch be fixed
base excision repairs
in a mismatched base pair which base is correct and which base is wrong
T-G mismatches almost always result from deamination of C to U or 5mC to T
so T is wrong and should be replaced by C
*always assume T is wrong
what is first step in BER (base excision repair)
DNA glycosylase breaks bond between T and sugar phosphate backbone
what is second step in BER (base excision repair)
APEI endonucleases cuts DNA strand where it missing a base (on one side - a basic site)
what is third step in BER (base excision repair)
AP lyase (part of DNA pol beta) removes deoxyribose phosphate
want to get rid of one unit of sugar phosphate backbone so it can place a base there
what is a mismatch excision repair
fixes errors introduced during replication
including base pair mismatches and insertions or deletions of one/few nucleotides
in a mismatch excision repair which strand is correct and which is wrong
newly synthesized strand is wrong one
mechanisms can recognize which strand it is
when do mismatch excision repairs happen
after DNA replication