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Topic 2 - Hormone Biosynthesis and Receptors Flashcards

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Transcription

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Is the 1st step of gene expression, where a particular segment of DNA is copied into RNA
- by the enzyme RNA polymerase

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Splicing

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Is the editing of the precursor mRNA. Introns are removed and exons are joined together

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Translation

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mRNA is decoded by a ribosome, outside the nucleus, to produce a specific amino acid chain or ploypeptide

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Promoter

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Is a region of DNA that initiates transcription of a particular gene

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Enhancer

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Is a short region of DNA that can be bound by proteins to increase the likelihood that transcription of a particular gene to occur
- Usually referred to as TF (transcription factor)

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What do insulin and prolactin synergistically stimulate?

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Beta-casein mRNA translation by cytoplasmic polyadenylation

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What kind of protein is beta- casein?

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Milk protein

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What enzyme transcribes genes to mRNA?

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RNA polymerase 2

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What does transcription initiation require?

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Many general and specific transcription factor protein binding promoters

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Where does transcription start site usually occur?

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Just after a TATA box

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What do activators do?

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Then bind enhancer DNA sequences and increase transcription – hormone influence

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What do repressors do?

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They bind silencer DNA sequences and decrease transcription – hormone influence

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How do chromatin remodelling complexes weaken histone DNA interactions and DNA folding?

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They use ATP-driven conformational change

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HATs

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Histone acetylases

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What do HATs do and whats the result?

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They add acetyl groups to histones resulting in more open conformation

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HDACs

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Histone deacetylases

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HRE

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Hormone response element

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Hormone response element

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Is a short sequence of DNA within the promoter of a gene that is able to bind a specific hormone receptor complex and therefore regulate transcription

19
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Does HRE influence RNA polymerase directly for indirectly?

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Indirectly

20
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What do HRE influence?

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Histone acetyl transferases

21
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What do hormones open up, and why?

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The open up proteins to enhance transcription

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RNA processing steps (6)

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  1. Splicing introns, leaving exons
  2. Cap 5’ end of RNA
  3. Poly-A tail on 3’ end
  4. Mature mRNA exported
  5. Translation starts
  6. Translation continues until stop codon is reached
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Protein synthesis steps (7)

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  1. Ribosomes translate mRNA; NAC binds
  2. Signal sequence targets protein to signal recognition particle
  3. SRP docks with receptor on ER and translocation channel forms
  4. Translation & cotranslational modifications
  5. Cleavage signal sequence peptide
  6. Chaperones fold and control quality
  7. Ribosomal subunits recycled; channels close; folded protein chain in ER
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What kind of energy drive protein synthesis? (2)

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ATP and GTP hydrolysis

- But also need a functional mitochondria and respiration

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NAC

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Nascent chain associated complex

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SRP

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Signal recognition particle

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What makes up pre-hormone (non-functional; in ER)? (3) Example?

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  • single peptide + hormone + cryptic peptide

- Eg) Hepcidin pre-prohormone 85AA

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What makes up prohormone (non-functional; in ER)? (2) Example?

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  • hormone + cryptic peptide

- Eg) Hepcidin prohormone 60AA

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What is a mature hormone (functional; in Golgi)? Example?

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  • Processed hormone

- Eg) mature hepcidin 25AA

30
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How are hormones secreted outside of the cell?

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Vesicular transport

31
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What does brefeldin A do?

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It inhibits protein transport from the ER to the golgi body indirectly by preventing association of coat COP-II protein to the golgi membrane

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What are 3 types of coat proteins?

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  1. COP-I
  2. COP-II
  3. Clathrin
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What are coat proteins used?

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In vesicular traffic in the secretory and endocytic pathways

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How can you monitor when using coat proteins?

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By using fluorescents

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Coat associated protein - I

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Mediates retrograde transport from the trans- to the medial- to the cis-Golgi/cis-Golgi network to the rough ER
–> Bring back mature proteins that arent being released

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Coat associated protein - II

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Mediates transfer of vesicles from the rER to the cis-Golgi /cis-Golgi network.
–> Bring forwards motion in the golgi where they can be released, fused with lysosomes and broken down or recycled

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Clathrin

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Mediates transfer of vesicles that bud from the trans-golgi netork and the plasma membrane and that then fuse with late endosomes

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COP

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Coat associated protein

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Vesicular secretion steps (6)

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  1. Sorting hormones for secretion
  2. COP and vesicle formation
  3. Budding and trafficking (v/t-SNARE)
  4. Uncoating
  5. Docking
  6. Fusion to target membrane
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What energy source drives vesicular secretion? (1)

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GTP hydrolysis

41
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What 2 things influence the half-life of mRNA?

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  1. 5’cap

2. Length of 3’poly A tail

42
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What factors affect protein stability? (4)

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  1. Glycosylation
  2. Phosphorylation state
  3. Metabolic degradation
  4. Internalization (presence of proteolytic enzymes)
43
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How are vascular and non-vascular hormone secretion transported across the plasma membrane?

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Directly

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What does the rER produce, and what is it used in?

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  • Produces oxidases

- Used in sER and are controlled by HRE that change the amount of P450

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