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translation, DNA mutation repair, gene regulation prokaryotes & eukaryotes

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What is the biological polymerization of amino acids into polypeptide chains?   Translation  
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What materials are required for translation?   amino acids, mRNA, ribosomes, tRNA  
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What is one difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic ribosomes?   Eukaryotic ribosomes are bigger and consist of more nucleotides  
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rRNA genes are____ repetitive and ___ repeated   moderately; tandemly  
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tRNAs   adapter molecules that have anticodons that base pair with mRNA codons and carry a corresponding amino acid on their 3' end  
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tRNAs contain   post-transcriptionally modified bases which enhance H-bonding efficiency during translation.(about 10% of nucleotides in tRNA are modified)  
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Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase charges (activates)   tRNAs with the appropriate amino acid  
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20 synthetases; 1 for each type of   amino acid  
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Initiation of translation requires   the small and large ribosomal subunits GTP charged initiator tRNA Mg2+ initiation factors  
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Initiation of translation in bacteria requires this sequence that procedes the AUG start codon. This sequence pairs with the 16S rRNA of the 30S small ribosomal subunit   Shine-Dalgarno  
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Elongation requires both ribosomal subunits assembled with the mRNA in order to form these two sites   peptidyl and aminoacyl sites  
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GTP-dependent release factors cleave the   polypeptide chain from the tRNA and release it from the translation complex  
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termination is signaled by a   stop codon: UAG, UGA, UAA in the aminoacyl site  
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mRNAs with several ribosomes translating at once   Polysomes (or polyribosomes)  
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The eukaryotic equivalent of the Shine-Dalgarno sequence   Kozak sequence  
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Is protein folding co-translational?   yes  
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post-translational modification consists of:   1)N-terminal amino acid removed/modified 2)individul amino acid residues sometimes modified 3)carbohydrate side chains may be attached 4)polypeptide chains may be trimmed 5)signal sequences are removed 6)polypeptide chains often complexed with metals  
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Functional domains   impart different functional capabilities based on folding; exons are proposed to encode these domains; one or more present in proteins  
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Spontaneous mutation   happens naturally; low rates; vary from species to species and gene to gene  
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Induced mutations   result from the influence of an extraneous factor  
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somatic mutations   occur in any cell except germ cells; nontransferable  
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germ-line mutations   occur in gametes, thus making them transferable  
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autosomal mutations   occur within the genes located on autosomes  
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x-linked mutations   occur within genes located on the X chromosome  
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point mutations   one base pair is altered  
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missense mutation   change a codon;change amino acid  
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nonsense mutation   changes a codon into a stop codon causing premature termination of translation  
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silent mutation   alter a codon; no amino acid change  
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transition   pyrimidine altered to another pyrimidine or purine altered to another purine  
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transversion   pyrimidine altered to a purine or vice versa  
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frameshift mutations   insertions or deletions of a base pair  
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neutral mutations   (vast majority of all mutations) occur in genes or portions of the genome that don't contain genes; have no effect on gene products  
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"slippage" leads to   small insertions or deletions  
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tautomeric shifts(spontaneous, transient repositioning of hydrogen atom)   can result in mutations due to anomalous base pairing  
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DNA damage by ___ and __ are the most common cause of spontaneous mutation   depurination; deamination  
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depurination   loss of a purine base  
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deamination   amino group in cytosine or adenine is converted to uracil and adenine is converted to hypoxanthine  
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transposons act as   naturally occurring mutagens  
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alkylating agents donate alkyl groups to amino or keto groups resulting in   transition mutations  
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intercalating agents   cause frameshift mutations by inserting between purines and pyrimidines; causes distortions which lead to replication errors  
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UV radiation creates   pyrimidine dimers which distort the DNA conformation causing replication errors  
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ionizing radiation(gamma rays,xrays,cosmic rays)   mutagenic; transform stable molecules into free radicals  
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most human genetic diseases are   polygenic but there are some monogenic diseases  
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trinucleotide repeats   normal: <30; affected >200  
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CAG repeats   found in coding regions like the polyglutamic tract or in non coding regions like toxic RNAs that sequester regulatory proteins  
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individuals with type O blood   lack glycosyltransferase activity  
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DNA proofreading   DNA polymerase III is able to recognize and correct errors in replication; catches 99% of errors  
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Mismatch repair   corrects errors that remain after proofreading  
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post replication repair   DNA replication skips over a lesion and requires homologous recombination mediated by the RecA protein  
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SOS repair system in E.Coli   allows DNA synthesis to become error-prone  
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photoreactivation repair   in E.coli removes thymine dimers caused by UV light; depends on the activity of the photoreactivation enzyme(PRE)  
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Two types of excision repair   1)Base excision repair(BER) 2)Nucleotide excision repair (NER)  
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Excision repair requires three steps   1)removal of mutation(nuclease) 2)gap filling(DNA polymerase) 3)sealing of the nick (DNA ligase)  
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Base excision repair (BER)   DNA glysolyase enzymes recognize specific bases; enzyme cleaves the glycosyl bond that connects a particular recognized base to the back bone sugar, removing it from the DNA  
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER)   multienzyme complex scans the DNA for distortions  
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DNA double strand break repair in eukaryotes   activated when both strands are cleaved; nonhomologous end joining & homologous recombinational repair are the two types  
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Homologous recombinational repair   digest back the 5' ends of the broken helix; 3' ends interact with a region of undamaged sister chromatid; DNA polymerase copies the undamaged DNA sequence into the damaged strand  
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The Ames test   uses strains of Salmonella typhimurium with increased sensitivity to mutagens to reveal the presence of specific types of mutations  
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Inducing mutations can involve these processes   1)ionizing radiation 2)Chemicals-ethylmethanesulfonate(EMS), nitrosoguanidine 3)Transposons  
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transposons   insert into a gene coding or regulatory region  
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Chemicals - ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS), nitrosoguanidine   single base pair changes, deletions, insertions  
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ionizing radiation   chromosomal breaks, deletions, translocations  
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genetic screen   visual or biochemical examination of large numbers of mutagenized organisms  
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Bacteria often respond to environmental change by   regulating transcription  
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Jacob and Monod's operon model   a group of genes is regulated and expressed together as a unit  
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The structural genes of the lac operon are transcribed as a   polycistronic mRNA  
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operon   a cluster of functionally related genes undeer coordinated control by a single on-off "switch"  
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Three parts of the operon   1)operator: stretch of DNA that acts as a regulatory "switch"-usually within the promoter 2)promoter 3)genes that they control  
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lactose metabolism in E.coli is regulated by an ___ _____   inducible system  
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lac Z gene   encodes for beta galactosidase which converts lactose into glucose and galactose  
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lac Y gene   encodes for permease which transports lactose into the bacterial cell  
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lac A gene   encodes for transacetylase which may be involved in the removal of toxic by-products of lactose digestion from the cell  
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in the absence of lactose, the lac operon   is bound by the lac repressor molecule at the operator, which blocks transcription of the lac genes  
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lac I   regulates transcription of the structural genes by producing a repressor molecule  
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regulatory elements are almost always located____   upstream of the gene cluster they control; cis-acting  
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molecules that bind cis-acting sites are ______ ____   trans-acting elements  
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analysis of lac expression in the absence or presence of lactose in ____ ___ ___ was used to prove the operon model for the lac operon   partial diploid merozygotes  
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if glucose and lactose are both present which does the cell prefer to use?   glucose, because it requires one less step of metabolism  
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maximal expression requires   no repressor bound at the operator and CAP must be bound at the CAP-binding site  
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catabolite-activating protein(CAP)   exerts positive control of lac operon; binds the CAP-binding site and facilitates the binding of RNA polymerase at the promoter  
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Can glucose inhibit CAP? if so how?   yes. cAMP is required for CAP binding. glucose represses the expression of adenylyl cyclase, which catalyzes the production of cAMP  
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___ ___ analysis of repressor complexes has confirmed the operon model   crystal structure analysis  
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binding of repressor to operators O1 and O3 creates ___ __ which prevents access of RNA polymerase to promoter   repression loop  
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binding of the ___ ___ ___ at a cis-acting site can regulate the gene cluster both positively and negatively   trans-acting element  
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positive regulation   turns on transcription  
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negative regulation   turns off transcription  
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Trp operon operator is bound by the repressor in the _______ of tryptophan   presence; the trp operon is a catabolic pathway  
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the binding of tryptophan to its repressor causes   a conformation change in the repressor allowing it to bind to the operator of the trp operon  
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attenuator   a regulatory sequence on a leader sequence that precedes trp structural genes  
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Attenuation   1)when tryptophan is present: transciption of leader regions still occurs but is abruptly halted before the operon genes are transcribed 2)when tryptophan is absent: transciption proceeds through the entire operon  
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leader sequence can form two conformations depending on the presence or absence of tryptophan   1) 1&2 + 3&4: transcription termination conformation 2) 2&3: non terminating conformation  
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trp present: _____ structures formed act as a transcriptional terminator   hairpin  
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trp absent: a different hairpin forms and act as as an ____ and transcription proceeds   antiterminator  
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other operons that utilize attenuation include   threonine, histidine, leucine, and phenylalanine  
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B. subtilis utilizes _____ instead of the ribosome stalling mechanism of attenuation   TRAP (trp RNA-binding attenuation protein)  
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a fully saturated TRAP can bind to 5' leader sequence to form ___ ____ and prevemt the formation of the ___ ____   terminator hairpin; antiterminator hairpin  
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uncharged tRNAtrp induces expression of the _____ gene, which sends the signal that trp is scarce   anti-TRAP (AT)  
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The AT protein   associates with TRAP in the tryptophan activated state and inhibits binding to the target leader RNA sequence  
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trypanosome vsg genes are ___ regulated   temporally. in multicellular eukaryotes these genes are also spatially regulated  
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prokaryotes ____ and ___; eukaryotes ____ and ____   grow; divide; develop; differentiate;  
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Gene regulation in eukaryotes is ___ ___ than it is in prokaryotes   more complex. regulation can occur at any one of the steps leading from DNA to protein product  
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humoral immunity   B-cells produce immunoglobins that bind antigens; each B-cell produces only one type of immunoglobulin; variable regions allow recognition of a specific antigen  
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___ __ in B-cells contribute to antibody diversity   DNA rearrangement  
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random recombination: how many different LV and J regions?   30-50 different functional LV regions/ 5 different J regions  
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two other mechanisms that increase antibody diversity are:   1) imprecise recombination between any pair of LV and J regions 2) high hypermutation(random somatic mutation)  
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chromatin modification can   regulate gene expression  
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changes to nucleosomes:   1)histone variants 2)Histone modification 3)chromatin remodeling  
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histone modification   chemical modification of histone tails alters the structure of chromatin, making genes accessible or inaccessible for transcription  
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types of histone modification:   1) acetylation by histone acetyltransferase(HAT) opens up chromatin 2)removal of acetyl groups by histone deacetylase(HDAC) closes the configuration 3)phosphorylation 4)methylation  
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histone code   sum of complex patterns and interactions of histone modifications that change chromatin organization and gene expression  
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chromatin remodeling   repositioning of nucleosomes lets different chromosomal region become accessible to transcription proteins. an example is SWI/SNF  
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chromatin remodeling complexes may alter nucleosome structure in several ways including   1)altering contacts between DNA and histones 2)altering the path of the DNA around the nucleosome 3)altering the structure of the nucleosome core itself  
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DNA methylation   is associated with decreased gene expression. the addtion of methyl groups catalyzed by methyltransferase. occurs most often on the cytosine of CpG dinucleotides; clustered regions called CpG islands  
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CpG islands   located in and near promoter sequences and adjacent to genes  
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epigenetic trait   a stable, mitotically and meotically heritable phenotype that results from changes in gene expression without alterations in the DNA sequence  
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three major epigenetic mechanisms   1)DNA methylation 2)histone modification 3)RNA interference  
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whether methylation is beneficial or detrimental depends on   the particular gene and on the environment  
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transcriptionally inert regions are often found to be   hypermethylated  
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methylation patterns are ____ and ___   tissue-specific; heritable  
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the incorporation of base analog that cannot be methylated causes what?   a change in the pattern of gene expression by inducing the expression of normally silent genes  
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histone modification and DNA methylation interact to determine availability for transcription   1)ope n config.=DNA is unmethylated and histones are acetylated, allowing genes to be transcribed 2)closed config.=DNA methylatted at CpG islands and histones are deacetylated. genes can't be transcribed  
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