Viruses Flashcards
What are the 2 characteristics of viruses?
- NRG-less and must use a host cell for NRG and machinery.
- Capsid (proteins) that surrounds either DNA ORRRRR RNA (not both). Does not have organelles or ribosomes, but they can have structural proteins or enzymes in capsid
- May be surounded by a lipid bilayer (envelope)
What type of genetic material can viruses have?
does it encode a little or alot of info?
- Either DNA or RNA
- SS, DS, linear, loopsed, etc
either
What are the 2 types of RNA viruses?
What is the process they must go through to make proteins?
+ stranded; acts like mRNA and can be directly translated to protein
- stranded;
RNA- => RNA+ via RNA dependent RNA polymermase (RDRP), which it carries in its capsid
What provides RNA- viruses with RDRP?
They must carry their own bc humans dont have one
What are the 2 special RNA viruses?
- Retrovirus (HIV): can incorporate into the host genome
2. Reoviridae (rotavirus): only viruses with a dsRNA.
Viruses have have DNA genetic information.
What is it like and how does it make proteins?
What is an exception to this?
Most have both dsDNA: one (+) strand and one (-) strand
(-) strand is read, while the (+) strand is ignored.
Parvovirus has a ssDNA
Viruses are have capsids and some have envelopes. What are the 2 types of capsids and what genetic material do they often contain?
- Icosahedral capsids: RNA or DNA
2. Helical: RNA
How are icosahedral and helical capsids made?
What is the exception to the helical capsids?
Take 1 or more polypeptide chain => make it into a capsomer (globular protein that is the building block for )
Icosahedral=> make it into a triangle => place 20 together
Helical: take capsomer and attached RNA => coil it into a helix => spherical
-exception is rhabdoviruses (rabies) have bullet shaped capsid
Rhadoviruses have what shaped capsid?
bullet
Not all viruses have to have a envelope.
Those that do not: NAKED
Those that do: ENVELOPED
How do those that do make them?
Take a peice of hosts nuclear, cytoplasmic membrane, which are studded w glycoproteins ;)
What are our DNA viruses; using the mneuomic?
HHAPPPy
Herpes* Hepadna* Adeno Papova Parvo Pox*
*=enveloped
General characteristisc of DNA viruses
SS/DS?
Shape of capsid?
Where do they replicate?
dsDNA
Icosahedral
nucleus
Most DNA viruses are
dsDNA, icosahedral, and replicate in nucleus. what are the 2 exceptions?
- Parvoviridae is ssDNA (one PAR hole in golf)
2. Poxviridae is shaped like a BOX; not icosahedral
Which DNA viruses are naked (no evnvelope)
Women must be a naked for a PAP smear.
- Parvo
- Adena
- Papova
General characteristisc of RNA viruses
SS/DS?
Shape of capsid?
Where do they replicate?
Enveloped or non?
SS (half are + and half are -)
Helical
Cytoplasm
enveloped