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Lecture 9 Slides Flashcards

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Regulatory genes

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Turn genes on and off

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What are housekeeping genes

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Constitutive genes - expressed all the time

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Four levels of regulation of gene expression

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  1. Transcription
  2. Post transcription
  3. Translation
  4. Post translation
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Three ways to regulate gene expression post transcription

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RNA processing, eg splicing
Rna degradation
Rna transport, eg nuclear export

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Half life of prokaryotic rna

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Three minutes

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Half life of eukaryotic rna

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Minutes to hours

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What does regulation depend on during translation

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Whether or not ribosome can translate mRNA

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Three ways to regulate gene expression post translation

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Affect protein stability - some proteins denature easily
Some proteins are targeted for degradation
Modifications eg phosphorylation

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Example of negative control in transcription

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Repressing splicing so intron is not removed

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Positive control example during transcription

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Using an activator to make splicing happen

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At what point in ponytail does mRNA start to degrade

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When there are 25 or fewer adenines

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Is mRNA decamped before degradation

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Yes

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12
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In what direction does degradation happen

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5’ to 3’

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What initiation factors initiate translation

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EIF4G and eIF4E

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14
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What enzyme degrades poly A tail

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Deadenylase

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15
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What is a translation repressor protein

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A protein that blocks the start codon AUG

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How can a newly synthesized protein fold?

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  1. Correctly folded without help
  2. Correctly folded with help of a molecular chaperone
  3. Incompletely folded and digested by the proteasome
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What digests a protein that is incompletely folded

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A proteosome

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What kind of cells have proteosomes in the cytosol

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Eukaryotes, archea, and some bacteria

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What is Ubiquitin ligase

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An enzyme that binds Ubiquitin

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Where is Ubiquitin added to unwanted protein

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To side chain, ends with N terminal. Add c terminal end of Ubiquitin.

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Polyubiquitin

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More than one Ubiquitin has been added to unwanted protein

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What happens to unwanted protein once Ubiquitin has bound to it

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It goes to a proteosome, where it is unfolded. Ubiquitin doesn’t go in. Amino acids are recycled.

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How many amino acids in Ubiquitin

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72

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How many lysine residues in Ubiquitin

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Seven

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What are the two subunits of Ubiquitin ligase? What is their function.

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E2- Ubiquitin transferase

e3- recognizes target protein

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What is E1 unit

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It is the carrier of Ubiquitin

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What does E1 do with the Ubiquitin it carries

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It charges E2

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What do proteosome target proteins have

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PEST motif, which is phosphorylated

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Destruction box

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Amino acid sequence required for degradation

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n-end rule

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N-terminal amino acid of a protein determines its half life (likelihood of being degraded)

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How is Ubiquitin ligase activated

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Phosphorylation by protein kinase

Allosteric transition by ligand binding or protein subunit addition

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How is a degradation signal activated

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Phosphorylation by protein kinase
Unmasking by protein dissociation
Creation of destabilizing N-terminus

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Density and molecular weight of proteosome

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26s

2.5 MDa

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Proteosome subunits

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19s cap
20s cylinder (active site)
35
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What is active site of proteosome

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20s cylinder

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What does unfolding and pulling of protein throufh cylinder require

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ATP

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How does target protein attach to proteosome

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At unfoldase ring

38
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Contents of cap of proteosome

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Ubiquitin receptor
Unfoldase ring
Ubiquitin hydrolase (to release Ubiquitin)

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Shape of unfoldase ring

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Hexameric

40
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Is inactivation by polyubiquination reversible

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No

41
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Cell life cycle phasesq

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Interphase - G1, S phase, G2

M phase- mitosis and cytokinesis

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What is cyclin

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An enzyme whose concentration varies with stages of cell life cycle

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When is cyclin concentration high? Low?

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High in mitosis

Low during interphase

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