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What is the difference between nucleoside and nucleotide?

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  • Nucleoside: base + sugar

- Nucleotide: base + sugar + phosphate

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What direction is DNA replication in bacteria?

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  • Synthesised from 5’ to 3’ which forms phosphodiester bond (linked at 3’ hydroxyl).
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What is the role of RNA primer in bacterial DNA replication?

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  • Provides free 3’ hydroxyl group that DNA polymerase can extend from.
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What specific DNA polymerase is used in bacterial DNA replication and what does it do?

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  • Polymerase III holoenzyme has 3 core polymerase in each holoenzyme which binds to DNA and proof reads it.
  • Its beta clap tethers core enzyme to DNA while clamp loader loads beta clamp.
  • Can only add 5’ to 3’.
  • DNA polymerase I is for lagging strand.
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What is the role of replisome?

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  • Creates 2 replication forks.
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6
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What is a gene?

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  • a polynucleotide sequence that codes for a functional product.
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What makes up a bacterial gene structure?

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  • promotor, leader, coding region, trailer and terminator
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What role does the promotor region carry out?

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  • Recognition/binding site of RNA polymerase.
  • It is not transcribed/translated
  • 2 binding regions, one at -35 (recognition site) and another at -10 (binding site, Pribnow box)
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What does the leader region contain and what is its function?

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  • Region between promoter and coding
  • Transcribed but not translated
  • Directs ribosome to bind here
  • Contains transcription start site (shine-dalgarno sequence- important in initiation of translation)
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Where is the coding region?

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  • Bounded by start and stop codon

- Transcribed and translated

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Where is the trailer region and what is its role?

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  • Region after stop codon

- Transcribed and stops ribosome translation

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What does the terminator region do?

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  • Signals RNA polymerase to stop transcription.
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13
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What is spontaneous mutation?

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  • From error in DNA replication

- Rare due to proof reading mechanisms

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What is induced mutation and name a few examples?

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  • Exposure to mutagen

- Examples include base analogues, DNA-modifying agents, intercalating agents, UV radiation/ionising radiation

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What are 4 types of mutations?

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  • Silent: no change
  • Missense: changes codon
  • Nonsense: change codon to STOP
  • Frameshift: changes reading frame of gene
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What does polycistronic mean in terms of RNA?

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  • Can encode for more than one gene
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What is an operon?

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  • Genes that can be transcribed together
18
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What does a sigma factor do?

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  • Separate protein part of enzyme complex that assist RNA polymerase to bind to particular promoters.
  • Different sigma factors recognise different -10 and -35 promoters.
19
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What are the 3 stages of transcription?

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  • Initiation, elongation and termination
20
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What are some differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes in terms of transcription?

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  • Prokaryotes have 1 type of RNA polymerase whilst eukaryotes have 3.
  • Eukaryotes have 5’ caps on mRNA and poly A tail whilst prokaryotes have none.
  • Prokaryotes have sigma factors whilst eukaryotes have several transcription factors.
  • Eukaryotes have exons and introns whilst prokaryotes don’t.
21
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What are 2 ways genes are regulated?

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  • Regulation of gene expression (transcription initiation, elongation, translation)
  • Alter activity of enzymes and proteins (post-translational)
22
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What are inducible genes?

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  • Expression (transcription) turned on by stimulus. eg.metabolism
  • B-galactosidase is an inducible protein
23
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What are repressible genes?

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  • Expression (transcription) turned off by stimulus. eg. bio synthetic pathway
  • lac operon or trp operon
24
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What regulation mechanisms are used at level of translation?

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  • Regulation by riboswitch where mRNA directly binds to metabolite causing it to fold differently (impedes access to ribosome binding sites)
  • Small RNA regulation where antisense RNAs bind to mRNA leader sequence and inhibit ribosome attachment and translation.
25
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What are some mechanisms used for global regulation?

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  • regulatory proteins
  • alternative sigma factors
  • two component signal transduction system where 2 proteins govern the pathway. (sensor kinase: extracellular recpetor for metabolite, response-regulator protein: activated by sensor kinase and can enhance transcription (activator) or inhibit transcription (repressor).
26
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Describe the structure of plasmids.

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  • usually double stranded circular DNA (some are linear)
  • usually supercoiled by DNA gyrase
  • can have more than one type of plasmid per cell
27
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What is the function of plasmid?

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  • Contain non-essential genes for bacterial growth
28
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What is the function of plasmid in B.anthracis?

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Produce toxins for mammalian cells

29
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What is the function of plasmid in B.thuringiensis?

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Produce toxin used in GM crops

30
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What is the function of plasmid in B.cereus?

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Produce toxins that cause food poisoning

31
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What are 3 types of plasmid replication?

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  • Theta replication: unidirectional and bidirectional

- Rolling circle replication

32
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What is theta replication?

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  • Most common plasmid replication.

- Same mechanism as chromosomal replication

33
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What is rolling circle replication?

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  • When one strand is nicked, the 3’ end serves as primer and DNA polymerase synthesise complementary strand from here.
  • Intact strands serve as template and displaces original second strand. Displaced ssDNA is then converted to dsDNA circle.
34
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What is host range? Name the two types.

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  • The species of bacteria in which the plasmid can replicate.
  • Broad host range replicate in many species (often encode own replication proteins).
  • Narrow host range restricted to single species (often rely on host proteins for replication).
35
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What is the copy number?

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  • Avg number of a single plasmid tpye per cell
36
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What do incompatibility group mean?

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  • Plasmids with similar mechanisms of replication are incompatible.
37
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What is a transconjugant?

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  • recipient cell that has received DNA as a result of conjugation.
38
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Describe the mechanism for DNA transfer in bacteria.

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  • Donor cell produce pilus (encoded by plasmid tra genes)
  • Pilus contacts potential recipient
  • Retraction of pilus brings cells into close contact and a pore forms in adjoining cell membranes
  • In rolling cricle replication, new complementary DNA strand is synthesised in the donor
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When is bacteria considered transformed?

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  • When uptake of naked DNA is successful (transformant).

- Bacteria that are able to do this are called competent.

40
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What does PCR require?

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  • primers, DNA polymerase, dNTPs, template strand, some co-factors
41
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What is a primer and describe 2 types?

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  • short DNA or RNA strands that primes DNA synthesis
  • can incorporate restriction enzyme sites
  • PCR requires both forward (analogous to target sequence) and backward (complementary to target sequence) primers.

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