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7. Variations in DNA Flashcards

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What effects can DNA mutations have?

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  • nonsense mutation
  • missense mutation
  • framshift mutation
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what is a non sense mutation

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premature termination of protein translation from nonsynonymous mutations

(stop codon)

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What are non synonymous mutations

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codon information is changed to another amino acid or stop

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what are synonymous mutations

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no change to codon information same amino acid is incoporated

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what are missense mutations

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incoporation of a different amino acid

  • conservative substituition: exchange with amino acid of similar properties
  • radical replacement exchange with amino acid of different properties
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What are polymorphic mutations

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acceptable variations to DNA sequence

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7
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what types of mutations are usually polymorphic

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  • synonymous/silent mutations
  • intronic mutations
  • intergenic mutations
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What are copy number variations (CNVs)

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large specifc regions of some chromosomes can be deleted/amplified (thus gene dosage) without any obvious ill effects.

  • resulting variation in gene dosage os CNVs
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what are potential phenotypic consequences of DNA mutations

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  • lethal mutation
  • conditional mutation loss of function mutation
  • loss of function mutation
  • null mutation gain of function mutation
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How does DNA slippage occur

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highly repetitive streches of DNA sequence (often non-protein coding regions) can be problematic for DNApol

  • slipping causes the deletion or insertion of nucleotides
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11
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which nitrogenous base mutations are most frequent

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C to T

  • occur disproportionally on X chromsome due to cytosine mediated X-inactivation
  • responsible for many X linked disorders
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Guanine and Adenine deamination is very rare and ledas to?

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non-Watson& crick base pairing during DNA replication

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What happens if depurination occurs (removal of purine base)

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  • normally recognized and repaired when in double stranded DNA by cellular repair mechanisms
  • if present in single stranded can lead to mutation
  • catalyzed by nitrous acid
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Is depyrimidnation or depurination more frequent

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depurination

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What is the effect of high energy ionizing radiation (Xray &gamma rays)

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  • formation of free radical species
  • direct interaction with DNA
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What is the effect of non-ionizing radiation (UV light)

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  • DNA bases efficiently absorb UV
  • abdorb energy to promote electrons
  • exited pyrimidines form covalent bonds (form pyrimidine dimers)
  • pyrimidine dimers are mutagenic (repaired incorrectly
17
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What can base pair analogs/intercaltors do?

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can squeeze between genuine base pairs of DNA causing distortions

18
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What do alkylating agents do

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electrophilic chemicals that add alkyl groups to various positions of DNA bases

  • inhibit DNA helicase
  • can cause indirect mutagenises if replaced incorrectly
19
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Where are Reactive Oxygen Species derived from

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ROS derive from both endogenous and exogenous sources

20
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What does ROS do to DNA

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cause oxidative damage by breaking base/nucleotide destruction and modification

21
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Where do mispaired nucleotides that cause structional distortions come from

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  • inappropriate H bonding (wrong pairing)
  • base analogs
  • chemically modified bases
22
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How are parental and template and newly synthesized DNA strands be determined in prokaryotes?

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DNA hemi methaltion

23
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How can DNA hemi methylation determine parental and newly synthesized DNA strand

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specific A and C nucleotides are methylated at palindromic sequences

  • (immidiately after replication they exist as hemi methylated state
24
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How does nucleotide existion repair work

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removal of bulky DNA lesions

  • structural distorions in DNA detected and endonuclease enzymes cut DNA a
  • oglionucleotide containing the mutation is then removed leaving a relatively large gap
  • gap is filled with DNApol I
25
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How does base existion repair work

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associated with removal of chemically modified bases

  • modified bases are recognized by DNA glycosylases
  • cleaves glycosylic bond attaching base to deoxyribose sugar
  • apruinic/apyrimidinic site generated
  • endonuclease recognized and makes gap
  • gap filled by DNApol I
26
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What does MutS in DNA repair system do

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detects and binds to distorted DNA region

27
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What does MutH in the DNA repair system do

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MutH locates teh nearest hemi-methylated adenosine andnicks the non-methylated strand

28
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What does MutL in the DNA repair system do

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MutL provides structure to complex loop DNA

29
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Does Synthesis dependent strand annealing (SDSA) or Double strand break repair (DSBR/ Double Holliday junction model) involve crossover?

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DSBR

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