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1
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Key differences in transcription between eukaryotes and prokaryotes

Genes and their spacing?

A

Eukaryotes typically have more genes that are spaced further apart

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Key differences in transcription between eukaryotes and prokaryotes

RNA pol?

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Eukaryotes have 4 RNA polymerases
Prokaryotes have 1

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Key differences in transcription between eukaryotes and prokaryotes

What do eukaryotes have the prokaryotes dont?

A

Nucleus

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4
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How is DNA in eukaryotes packaged?

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Into chromatin

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5
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In eukaryotes, _ are exported from the nucleus prior to translation

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Transcripts

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6
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What are the 3 RNA polymerases

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RNA pol I
RNA pol II
RNA pol III

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RNA pol I responsibility

A

Recruits the ribosome and rRNA
rRNA genes except 5s

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RNA pol II responsibility?

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Transcribes protein-coding genes and a variety of noncoding RNAs

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9
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RNA pol III responsibility

A

tRNAs, some snRNAs, 5s rRNA

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10
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Most eukaryotes have multiple if not many, _ copies of rDNA genes

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tandem

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11
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RNA pol II recruitment and activation

What is a preinitiation complex (PIC) ?

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A number of general transcription factors cooperate to form the PIC

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What does the PIC do?

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PIC recruits additional transcription factors and RNA pol II

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13
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How do you enable elongation?

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A kinase phosphorylates RNA pol II and other proteins to enable elongation

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14
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What does the architecture of RNA pol III recruitment and activation depend on?
What does that mean?

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Depends on the promoter type.
Different promoters regulate different genes

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15
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What is RNA pol II regulated by?

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RNA pol II is regulated at multiple steps by carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD) posttranslational modification

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16
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How many models did we go over for how RNA pol II terminates

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2

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17
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First model of RNA pol II termination?

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An exonuclease causes RNA pol II to dissociate

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18
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Second model of how RNA pol II terminates?

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The cleavage of mRNA causes a conformational change in RNA pol II

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19
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What are RNA pol II transcripts capped with at the 5’ end?

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Capped with 7-methylguanosine to provide protection

20
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What does 5’ end capping involve?

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Capping involves the sequential action of 3 enzymes associated with the CTD

21
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How are the 3’ end of RNA pol II transcripts protected?

A

Protected by polyadenylation, poly-A binding proteins come in and protect the 3’ end

22
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Addition of the poly-A tail involves _ of the mRNA followed by polyadenylation

23
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mRNA splicing

What acts at the 5’ splice junction?

A

u1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein
snRNP

24
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mRNA splicing

Normal splicing involves specific pairing between

A

U1 snRNA and the splice site

25
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mRNA splicing

What could disrupt splicing

A

Mutations at the splice site

26
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What can suppress some splice site mutations?

A

Secondary mutation in the U1 snRNA

27
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What do U1 and U2 snRNPs enable?

A

They enable the formation of the spliceosome and intron excision

28
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How does splicing proceed?

A

Through a series of transesterification reactions

29
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What organisms have self-splicing introns?

A

Some bacteria, viruses and nuclear-encoded organellar genes

30
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What are self-splicing introns?

31
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What does alternative splicing produce?

A

Related but distinct protein isoforms

32
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In eukaryotes, how can a single gene produce a variety of transcripts?

A

Splicing makes this possible

33
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A single pre-mRNA that contains exons and introns can be _ in a myriad of patterns

34
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What enables the formation of spliceosome and intron excision?

A

U1 and U2 snRNP

35
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Splicing proceeds through a series of _ reactions

A

Transesterification

36
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What organisms have self splicing introns

A

Some bacteria, viruses and nuclear encoded organellar genes

37
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Self-splicing introns are _

38
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How can you produce distinct protein isoforms?

A

Alternative splicing

39
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In eukaryotes, how is it possible for a single gene to produce a variety of transcripts

A

Splicing makes this possible

40
Q

a single pre-mRNA that contains exons and introns can be spliced in a myriad of _

41
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There are _ mechanisms for mRNA decay in eukaryotes

42
Q

_ or _ RNA can result in gene silencing

A

Exogenous or ectopic

43
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How are small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) produced ?

A

By hairpin or double stranded RNAs

44
Q

_ processes siRNAs to enable them to complex with _

A

Dicer
Argonaute (Ago)

45
Q

The Ago complex is further processed and is able to target the _ _

A

Complementary mRNA

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