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Bacterial genome Flashcards

1
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What is a gene?

A

Region of DNA (RNA in some viruses) encoding a discrete hereditary characteristic

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What do genes include?

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Coding sequence
Non-coding (regulatory) sequence
Introns (eukaryotes)

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What does the bacterial genome determine?

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Phenotype (how bacterium looks and functions)

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How are genes organized?

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Organized into chromosomes and extra-chromosomal genetic elements (plasmids)

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5
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True or false: Bacteria is diploid

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Bacteria is haploid

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How are bacterial chromosomes kept in nucleoid?

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Highly compacted
Kept in nucleoid thanks to nucleoid associated proteins (HU protein)

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What is the size of chromosomes in bacteria?

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0.6 Mb (base pairs) to 10 Mb

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What is the size of plasmids in bacteria?

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1 kb > 1 Mb

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True or false: Bacterial chromosomes and plasmids are solely circular

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False: Can be circular and linear

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What is negative supercoiling?

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DNA double helix is underwound - strands separate more easily

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What is positive supercoilingg?

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DNA double helix is overwound - strands harder to separate

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How is supercoiling regulated?

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Regulated in cell by topoisomerase enzymes like DNA gyrase

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13
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Why is relaxing positive supercoiling important?

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Important for replication and transcription

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14
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How is the replicating prokaryotic genome process?

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DNA replication proceeds in both directions until replication complexes meet

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15
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What is the difference between chromosomes and plasmids?

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Chromosomes -> carry essential genes
Plasmids -> carry non-essential genes

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16
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What are transposons?

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Knock out genes and stop them from working
Capable of moving from one site to another

17
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What is the copy and paste transposition?

A

Copy of itself (replicative)

18
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What are HGTs?

A

Transposition from chromosome to plasmid

19
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What is the cut and paste transposition?

A

Cuts out and moves elsewhere (non-replicative)

20
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What are bacteriophages?

A

Virus that infects only bacteria
Protein capsid surrounding nucleic acid genome

21
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What are the two types of bacteriophages?

A

Lytic or lysogenic

22
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What is a lytic phage?

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Replicates then lyses (destroys) their host

23
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What is lysogenic phage?

A

Insert into genome and passively replicated with chromosomes

24
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What are prophages?

A

Lysogenic phage inserted into genome that carry important genes

25
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Are prophages important for HGTs?

A

Yes, are important vehicles for HGT

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