Theme 2c Flashcards

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What is the structure of an amino acid

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Contain an amino and carbonyl bonded to a central carbon with a hydrogen and a R group
Joined together by a peptide bond

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What are peptides

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Linear chains of amino acids linked by peptide bomds

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Draw the structure of an amino acid

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4
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How can non polar amino acids be identified

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R groups contain -CH2 or -CH3

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How can an uncharged amino acid be identified

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R groups contain oxygen or -OH

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How can charged amino acids be identified

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R groups contain acids or bases that can ionize

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How can aromatic amino acids be identified

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R groups contain a carbon ring with alternating single and double bonds

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What are the 3 special functional amino acids

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1) methionine: first amino acid in polypeptide
2) proline: causes kink in polypeptide chains
3) cysteine: disulfide bridge contributes to structure of polypeptides

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What is the general function of tRNAs

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Adaptors between codons (mRNA) and amino acids

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What type of RNA are codons and anticodons and how to they base pair (parallel or antiparallel)

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Codon = mRNA
Anticodon = tRNA
Antiparallel base pairing

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What is aminoacyl-tRNA

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Adding the amino acid to the acceptor stem tRNA

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What is the charging reaction

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amino acid + tRNA + ATP —> aminoacyl-tRNA + AMP + PPi

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What is the “wobble” in the tRNA anticodon

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The base at the 5’ end of the anticodon can form H-bonds more then the base located at the 3’ end of a codon
Pairing of the other two nucleotides in the anticodon with the codon is precise (no wobble)

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What are the two subunits that make up ribosomes

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Large (50s): contains enzymes activity called peptidyltransferase
Small (30s): reads codons of mRNA
*exist separately in the cytoplasm but join together on the mRNA molecule

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What are the 3 tRNA binding sites

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1) aminoacyl (A): binds to the tRNA carrying the next amino acid to be added
2) peptidyl (P): binds to the tRNA attached to the growing peptide chain
3) exit (E): binds the tRNA that carried the previous amino acid added

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In eukaryotes what does the translation initiation complex contain

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The ribosome, mRNA and the initiator tRNA

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Where is the initiatior tRNA^met brought on the small ribosome subunit

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The p-site (reaction requires GTP)
Then goes to the capped 5’ end of mRNA and scans until it reached the start codon

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How does the initiator tRNA^met help to initiate translation

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Complementary base pairing between it and start codon on mRNA
Large ribosomal subunit bind small subunit to form initiation complex which can now accept the first tRNA in the A site
GTP is hydrolyzed to GDP and translation begins

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What are the 4 steps of translation elongation

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1) aminoacytl tRNA is loaded to the A-site and complementary to the tRNA anticodon
2) peptidyl transferase (large subunit) forms a peptide bond between carboxyl group and amino group in the A site
3) tRNA with the polypeptide shifts from A to P site and uncharged tRNA shifts from P to E site (ejected)
4) next codon is now in the A site and steps repeat

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What proteins recognize the stop codons

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Release factors

21
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Do ribosome subunits, mRNA and tRNA get recycled

22
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What is phosphoraylation

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Addition of phosphate to proteins by kinase

23
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What is ubiquitination

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Addition of ubiquities molecules to proteins for their destruction by proteasomes
Controls protein expression

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What is proteolysis

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Specific cleavage at the protein

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What is epigenetics
Posttranslational modification of histones that affect transcription No change in DNA sequence
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What does histone acetyltransferase add to histone tails and why
Add acetyl groups (CH3CO-) by loosening DNA binding Because if histone become more negative then DNA will pull away
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What does the methylation of histone tails do
Can activate and repress transcription of genes
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What does chromatin remodelling complex do
Displeases nucleosides from promoter regions and activates transcription
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What is translational regulation
Control of protein synthesis
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What is Posttranslational regulation
Control of protein abundance and activity