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Week 3 - The flow of genetic information Flashcards

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DNA and RNA Structure

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the genetic code

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the central dogma

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  1. DNA: Passed from generation to generation faithfully - REPLICATION
  2. RNA - TRANSCRIPTION
  3. protein: Carry out most cellular functions - TRANSLATION
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DNA

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deoxyribose + base -> deoxynucleoside
* deoxynucleoside: deoxycytidine, deoxythymidine, deoxyadenosine, deoxyguanosine

phosphoric acid + deoxyribose + base = deoxylnucleotide

  • base = adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine
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DNA bases

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purines and pyrimidines

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purine

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2 rings
N at 1, 3, 7, 9
alternating (shared) double bond

adenine; 6- amino group
guanine; 6- double bond oxygen

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pyrimidine

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1 ring
partial double bond

cytosine
thymine

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Proposed Tetra-nucleotide structure of DNA (False)

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4 nucleotides make a building block of DNA

in that case, bases will be 25% each

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Chargaff’s rules

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DNA of different species have different nucleotidecomposition

A=T, C=G
A+G=C+T
A+T not necessarily equal to G+C

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3’ to 5’ phosphodiester bonds

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nucleotides joined through phosphate groups forming phosphodiester bond
ribose and phosphates form a chain with bases branching off
sequence counted from 5’ to 3’

5’ has free phosphate of nucleic acid
3’ has ribose

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Rosalind Franklin

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DNA X-ray diffraction

Watson and Crick came up with double helix

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Watson and Crick

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Double helical structure of DNA
2 DNA chains held together by hydrogen bonds
A~~T, G~~C
one strand(template) defines other strand when replicating DNA; conplementary

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Compatible and incompatible base pairs

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G=C ; 3 bonds
A=T ; 2 bonds

H-bond donor and acceptor must be properly positioned

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Two strands of DNA held by hydrogen bonds

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distances between the two DNA backbone strands constant
antiparallel (5’ phosphate group and 3’ hydroxyl group)
inside (benzene) very dried; hydrophobic interaction; base stacking
backbone- negatively charged - hydrophilic

10 bases per turn; 3nm between pairs 2nm within the pair

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Different forms of DNA helix

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B DNA
- common form ; right handed; living cell

A DNA
- right handed; shortest; low humidity

Z DNA
- left handed; test tubes; longest; favored by alternating G and C and unwound DNA

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major and minor grooves

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surface of the helix
important site of interaction for many regulatory proteins
major groove: 2.2 nm
minor groove: 1.2 nm

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denaturation and renaturation of DNA

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heat causes DNA strands to split
annealing does not require perfect sequence complementary
extra loop may be repaired
temporary binding since annealing happens in more than one end

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Hyperchromicity of single-stranded DNA

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Melting Temperature = half the DNA denatured
A_260nm

affected by base composition and ionic strength
Higher %G+C = higher Tm
higher ionic strength (salt concentration); higher Tm — ions shield the negative charges of DNA backbone; normally, phosphate cause repulsion
* in NaCl solution, Na+ attract phosphate group, reduce charge, reduce repulsion

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DNA Replication

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enzymes involved?
- DNA polymerase 1
Arthur Kornberg

precursor: sNTPs
require DNA template

20
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DNA Replication types

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distributive
semiconservative
conservative

21
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Messelson and Stahl

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DNA Replication is Semi-conservative
15N - heavy transferred to 14N medium will be composed of mixture of 15N and 14N
CsCl solution -> ultra centrifuge
after 2 or more generations, only hybrid and light DNA were found = semiconservative

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DNA and RNA

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DNA is not direct template of protein synthesis

DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid
RNA: ribonuclleic acid

  • Know how to draw structures of DNA, RNA
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RNA

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contain Uracil
usually single stranded; or form double stranded helices; A-form (due to -OH; bulkier) - ex. stem loop

2’-OH
unstable at high pH due to 2’OH reacting with phosphate group

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Base

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DNA: Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine
RNA: Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Uracil

*know how to draw each base

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Unusual structure of RNA

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G-U base paring; since better than nothing
base-backbone interaction
unlike rigid/parallel DNA, RNA will bind anything that makes it more stablized

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RNA as an enzyme

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Ribozyme
2’-OH allows RNA to catalyze reactions
Ribozyme can self-cleavage

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Transcription

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RNA synthesized upon DNA template by RAN polymerases
here, U-G pair does not happen
RNA made from 5’ to 3’
DNA read from 3’ to 5’

DNA (coding strand) -> RNA
DNA (template strand) -> RNA built upon

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types of RNA molecules

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mRNA
tRNA
rRNA
small non-coding RNA

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mRNA

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messenger RNA; gene-specific, contains future protein sequence information
template of protein synthesis; translation

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tRNA

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transfer RNA
transfer specific amino acid to site of protein synthesis
bring amino acids

read codons in mRNA
tRNA has anticodon
translation 5’ to 3’
codons are non-overlapping

  • Translation reading frame is fixed (?)
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rRNA

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ribosomal RNA
structural component of ribosomes
protein factory

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small non-coding RNA

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regulatory factors

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3 nucleotides per amino acid

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coding of amino acid
3 nucleotides per amino acid = 64 amino acids

mRNA only with Uracil -> polypeptide only with Phe
UUUUUUUUUUUUU->PhePhePhePhe

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codon degeneracy

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more than 1 codon per amino acid

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start codon

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AUG -> Met; sometimes not a start codon

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stop codon

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UAA, UAG, UGA

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amino acids

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Phe
Leu
Ile
Met
Val
Ser
Pro
Thr
Ala
Tyr
His
Gin
Asn
Lys
Asp
Glu
Cys
Arg
Ser
Gly
38
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Reverse transcription

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Sometimes RNA becomes template for DNA

* RNA virus insert RNA make DNA produce protein

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Pseudogenes

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reverse transcription causing DNA that do not function; rarely expressed

*Retrogene can lead to chondrodysplastic
= pseudogene close to functioning genes

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Repetitive DNA

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41
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Gene mutation - spontaneous mutation

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random (Luria and Delbruck)

basis of evolution and natural selection

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Gene mutation - induced mutation

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(muller and stadler)
gene size estimated by x-ray induced mutation rate
acceleration of mutation also possible

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mutation

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alter gene coding sequence
replacement
insertion

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mutation - replacement of gene

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silent mutation
missense mutation
nonsense mutation

45
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mutation - insertion or deletion

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frameshift mutation
deletiion mutation
insertion mutation

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suppressor mutation

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reverse effect of mutation = reverse mutation (rare)

  • intragenic supporesor;2nd mutation in same gene
  • interenic suppressor: 2nd mutationin different gene

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