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The Epigenome Flashcards

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What is the genome?

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→ The complete set of genetic material in a cell

→ DNA sequence present in a full set of chromosomes

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What forms the first level of packing?

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→ Histone proteins forming nucleosomes

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What are the features of euchromatin?

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→ Gene rich
→ transcriptionally active

→ nucleosomes are far apart

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What are the features of heterochromatin?

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→ Gene poor
→ less transcriptionally active

→ condensed appearance
→ repetitive DNA

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Describe the packaging of DNA

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→ Nucleosomes wound to make 30nm fibres
→ fibres wound up further with scaffold proteins

→ chromosomes are most densely packed

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What is the epigenome?

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→ the sum of all the heritable changes in the genome that do not occur in the primary DNA sequence that affect gene expression

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What does an epigenetic change result in?

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→ A change in the phenotype but not genotype

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What are the 4 epigenetic mechanisms?

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→ DNA methylation
→ histone modification

→ X inactivation
→ Genomic imprinting

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What is DNA methylation and what does it require?

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→ The addition of a methyl group in the 5’ position of cytosine
→ DNA methyltransferase

→ S-adenosyl methionine to provide the methyl group

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How is DNA methylation done?

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→ DNA methyltransferase enzymes

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What are the DNA methyltransferase enzymes?

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→ DNMT1
→ DNMT3a

→ DNMT3b

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In differentiated cells where does DNA methylation occur?

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→ in CpG nucleotides (C next to a G)

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When does passive demethylation occur?

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→ During replication

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What is passive demethylation done by?

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→ TET enzymes - ten eleven translocation enzymes

→ TDG - thymidine DNA glycosylase

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What is the function of TET enzymes?

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→ They catalyse the movement from 5 methylcytosine to hydroxy methyl cytosine to formyl to carboxy

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What is the effect of DNA methylation?

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→ Turns transcription off by preventing the binding of transcription factors

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What is a CpG island?

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→ A region of DNA where CpG is more frequent than normal

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What is histone modification?

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→ The addition of chemical groups to proteins that make up the nucleosome

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What are common histone modifications?

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→ Acetylation and methylation

20
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What are modifications named based on?

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→ Histone
→ amino acid

→ actual modification

21
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What does a H3K4Me3 mean?

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→ on histone 3

→lysine at position 4 is trimethylated

22
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What are the three types of histone modification enzymes?

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→ Writers
→ Erasers

→ Readers

23
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What are examples of 2 writer enzymes?

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→ Histone acetyltransferase - HAT1

→ Histone methyltransferase - EHMT1

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What are 2 examples of eraser enzymes?

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→ Histone deacetylase - HDAC1

→ Histone demethylase - KDM1

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What are 2 examples of reader enzymes?

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→ Bromodomain and extra terminal (BET) proteins - BRD2

→ Chromodomain proteins - CBX1

26
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What is the effect of histone acetylation at lysine residues?

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→ Relaxes the chromatin structure and makes it accesible to transcription factors

27
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Why does chromatin relax when acetyl is added at lysine residues?

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→ Lysine is basic

→ if you add an acetyl (acid) group it relaxes the chromatin

28
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What is the effect of histone methylation?

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→ Can repress or activate transcription depending on where it occurs

29
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How can histone modifications occur and what happens as a result?

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→ at the same time (concurrently)

→ their effects can interact or modify each other

30
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Why does X inactivation occur?

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→ ensures that every somatic cell in humans has the same number of active copies of every gene

31
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Why is X inactivation needed?

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→ Y chromosome has virtually no genes

→ only one copy of X in males

32
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Describe how X inactivation occurs?

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→ Xist gene is transcribed as long noncoding RNA from the X inactivation centre
→ It then binds all over the X chromosome

→ histone acetylation is removed and histone methylation occurs

33
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What are inactive X chromosomes called?

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→ inactive X chromosomes are heterochromatic - Barr body

34
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What is Tsix and what does it do?

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→ It is derived by transcription in the opposite direction and antagonises Xist RNA to keep one X active

35
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Give an example of X inactivation in cats

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→ all tortoiseshell cats are female
→ they have one X with an orange fur allele and one X with a black fur allele

→ Random X inactivation results in patches of orange and black fur

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What is imprinting?

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→ the ability of a gene to be expressed depends upon the sex of the parent who passed on the gene
→ functionally hemizygous
Willis syndrome

37
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Where do imprinted genes tend to be found?

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→ in clusters

38
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What are imprinted genes mediated by?

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→ Imprinting control regions

39
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What mechanism causes imprinting?

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→ One copy is silenced by DNA methylation
→ catalyzed by DMNT3a and histone methylation leading to inactivation
→requires SAM which is involved in methylation reactions.

40
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When are imprinting patterns reset?

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→ During gamete formation

41
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How are epigenetics altered in cancer cells?

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→ hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes

→ hypomethylation of tumor activating genes

42
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What enzymes are mutated in tumor cells?

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→ DNMT3a and TET1/2
→ Histone acetyltransferases

→ Histone methyltransferases
→ Histone kinases
→ histone readers
→ histone demethylases

43
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What are 2 DNA methyltransferase inhibitors?

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→ 5 azacytidine

→ Myelodysplastic syndrome

44
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What are 2 histone deacetylase inhibitors?

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→ Romidepsin

→ Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

45
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What is the role of histone readers?

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protein complexes that read combinations of marks: chromodomains specifically recognize methylated residues, while bromodomains bind acetylated residues.

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