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Ribozymes

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catalytic RNA

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structure levels of RNA

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  • primary structure: seq of bases
  • secondary structure: folding due to hydrogen bonding between complements of same strand
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Characteristics of DNA

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  • composed of nucleotides
  • sugar: deoxyribose
  • H group
  • nucleotides joined by phosphodiester bonds
  • usually double stranded
  • secondary structure: double helix
  • stable
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Characteristics of RNA

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  • composed of nucleotides
  • sugar: ribose
  • OH group (highly reactive)
  • nucleotides joined by phosphodiester bonds
  • usually single stranded
  • many types of secondary structures
    *easily degradable
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ribosomal RNA (rRNA)

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  • prokaryotic and eukaryotic
  • location (eukaryotic): cytoplasm
  • function: structural and functional components of the ribosomes
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Messenger RNA (mRNA)

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  • prokaryotic and eukaryotic
  • location (eukaryotic): nucleus and cytoplasm
  • function: carries genetic info for proteins (from DNA to ribosomes)
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Transfer RNA (tRNA)

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  • prokaryotic and eukaryotic
  • location (eukaryotic): cytoplasm
  • function: helps incorporate amino acids into polypeptide chain
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small nuclear RNA (snRNA)

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  • eukaryotic
  • location: nucleus
  • function: processing of pre-mRNA (alt splicing)
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small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA)

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  • eukaryotic
  • location: nucleus
  • function: processing and assembly of rRNA
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microRNA (miRNA)

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  • eukaryotic
  • location: nucleus and cytoplasm
  • function: inhibits translation of mRNA
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small interfering RNA (siRNA)

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  • eukaryotic
  • location: nucleus and cytoplams
  • function: triggers degradation of other RNA molecs
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piwi-interacting RNA (piRNA)

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  • eukaryotic
  • location: nucleus and cytoplasm
  • function: suppresses the transcription of transposable ele in reproductive cells
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CRISPER RNA (crRNA)

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  • PROKARYOTIC
  • function: assists destruction of foreign DNA
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Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA)

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  • eukaryotic
  • location: nucleus and cytoplasm
  • function: variety
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transcription components

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  • DNA template
  • Raw materials (ribonucleotide triphosphates) needed to build a new RNA molecule
  • proteins
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transcribed strand

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template strand

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transcription unit

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  • A promoter (region that transcription factors,TFs,bind
  • RNA-coding sequence
  • Terminator
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RNA transcription strand

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  • goes 5’ to 3’ and added to 3’-OH
  • uses EITHER top or bottom strand of DNA
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bacteria initiation

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  • ribonucleoside triphosphates (rNTPS) added to the 3’OH group end
  • transcription apparatus
  • bacterial promoters
  • Initial RNA synthesis: no primer required
  • Location of consensus sequence determines position of start site
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transcription apparatus

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bacterial RNA polymerase: five subunits make up core enzyme
- 2 copies of a
- single copy of B
- single copy of B+
- stabilizing enzyme: w

Sigma (o) factor: recognizes and binds to the promoter (after binding RNA pol. Enzyme —> creats holoenzymes)

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RNA polymerase 1

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  • all eukaryotes
  • Transcribes: large rRNAs
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RNA polymerase 2

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  • all eukaryotes
  • Transcribes: pre-mRNA, some snRNAs, snoRNAs, some miRNAs
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RNA polymerase 3

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  • all eukaryotes
  • Transcribes: tRNAs, small rRNAs, some snRNAs, some miRNAs
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RNA polymerase 4

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  • plants
  • Transcribes: some siRNAs
  • methylation and chromatin structure
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RNA polymerase 5

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  • plants
  • Transcribes: RNA molec taking place in heterochromatin formation
  • methylation and chromatin structure
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bacterial promoters

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Consensus sequences: most commonly encountered nucleotides at each site
–-10 consensus: 10 bp upstream of the start site
Pribnow box
5’ TATAAT 3’
3’ ATATTA 5’
–35 consensus sequence: TTGACA

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reading consensus seq

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  • Y = pyrimidines
  • R = purines
  • N = no patticular base is more common
  • base/ base = both are equally common
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bacteria Elongation

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RNA elongation carried out by the action of RNA polymerase

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bacteria Termination

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  • Rho-dependent termination: uses rho factor
  • Rho-independent termination: hairpin structure formed by inverted repeats, followed by a string of uracils
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before eukaryotic transcription

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  • chromatin modification
  • Acetyltransferases add acetyl groups to amino acids at the ends of the histone proteins, which
    destabilizes nucleosome structure and makes the DNA more accessible.
  • chromatin-remodeling proteins may bind to the chromatin and displace nucleosomes from promoters and other regions
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eukaryotic promoters

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  • basal transcription apparatus
  • transcriptional activator proteins
  • RNA polymerase II –> mRNA synthesis
  • core promoter TATA box (TATAAAA), -25 to -30 bp, bound by transcription factors
  • regulatory promoter: located immediately upstream of the core promoter. bounded to.
  • enhancers
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eukaryotic initiation

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  • binding of the TFID transcription factor to the TATA box
  • TATA binding protein (TBP)
    Binding of a preassembled holoenzyme containing general transcription factors, RNA polymerase II, and the mediator
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eukaryotic elongation

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  • DNA helix enters RNA polymerase II through a cleft in the enzyme and unwinds
  • DNA-RNA duplex is bent at 90 degrees, which positions 3’ end of the RNA end of the RNA at the active site of the enzyme.
  • At the active site, new nucleotides are added to the 3’ end of the growing RNA molecule
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eukaryotic termination

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  • 3 RNA polymerases found in all eukaryotes use diff mechanisms of termination
  • transcription RNa polymerase II is terminated when an exonuclease (ase = cutting) enzyme Rat1: attatvhes to the cleaved 5’ end of RNA, move down the RNA, reaches the polymerase enzyme
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Archaea transcription

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  • closer relationship between archaea and eukaryotes
  • RNA polymerase more similar
  • Archaea promoters similar to TATA box
  • Archaea possess a TATA-binding protein

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