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What are the difficulties of having the 2’ OH?

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  • DNA molecules cannot undergo auto-catalytic cleavage
  • DNA has a wider/shallower major groove for protein access
  • DNA is less rigid, easier to store so long
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Why is thymine used instead of uracil?

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  • Cytosine can easily degrade to uracil
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What is the function of having dsDNA?

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  • Information storage
  • Stability
  • Ease of packaging
  • Long double strand
  • Flexibility allows for easier storage
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What are important functions of RNA?

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  • Temporary messages - mRNA
  • Enzymatic reactions - ribosomes
  • Translator/ adaptor tRNA
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DNA and RNA are _____.

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Directional

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DNA stands are _______ to one another.

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Antiparallel

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Genomes vary in _____

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Size

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List the genomes from smallest to largest.
a. Amoeba Dubia
b. Average Bacterium
c. Carsonella Ruddi
d Humans

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Carsonella ruddi, average bacterium, humans, amoeba dubia

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What nucleotides match together in watson crick franklin pairing?

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G to C
A to T

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Microbial genomes are mostly ______.

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Genes (coding sequences)

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What allows for transcription?

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RNA polymerase

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How does RNA polymerase know where to start? What recognizes this?

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Promotors
Sigma subunit recognizes

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Promotor strength can _____.

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Vary

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How is promoter strength determined?

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how well sigma subunit binds

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What are the difference components of the RNA polymerase structure?

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2 alpha
beta
beta prime
omega
sigma

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What are the 4 steps of transcription?

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  1. Recognition
  2. Formation of open complex
  3. Elongation
  4. Termination
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How does recognition work in bacteria?

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omega subunit recognizes special sequence and guides RNA polymerase to bind to promotor and transitions to an open complex.

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How does elongation work?

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RNA polymerase makes a new strand in the 5’ to 3’ direction as it moves down DNA random nucleotides enter the channel. After about 20 nucleotides emerge from polymerase sigma falls off

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What is the rate of elongation?

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45 bp per second

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Template strand is the _______ strand
The coding strand is the _______ strand.

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copied strand
coded strand

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How does termination work?

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Recognizes termination signal and releases complex

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What is Rho-independent termination

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Hairpin loop structure followed by a run of As
Causes polymerase to fall off

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What is Rho-dependent termination?

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Binds to open sequence of RNA and hydrolyzes ATP as it walks down RNA and causes termination

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Prokaryotic mRNAs contain multiple ____.

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Genes that are transcribed together are called______.
operons
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mRNA that encodes for more then one gene is called _____.
polycistronic
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What do operons code for?
Genes that are involved in related cellular function?
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What is an example of an operon?
Degradation of lactose
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Which of the following have a SINGLE RNA Polymerase a. bacteria b. archaea c. eukarya
Bacteria and archaea
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TRUE or FALSE? Bacteria and Archaea have the same RNA polymerase structure?
FALSE - structures vary
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Which of the following have a MULTIPLE RNA Polymerases a. bacteria b. archaea c. eukarya
Eukarya
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TRUE or FALSE? Bacteria and Eukarya have the same RNA polymerase structure?
FALSE - Eukarya polymerase similar to archaea
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Name the promotors used for the following a. bacteria b. archaea c. eukarya
a. Pribnow Box b. TATA Box c. TATA Box
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Which of the following structures have introns a. bacteria b. archaea c. eukarya
Archaea and eukarya
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How would you describe the mRNA between Bacteria v Archaea?
Similar family (often polycistronic) and unstable
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How would you describe the mRNA between Bacteria v Eukarya?
Different Eukaryotes monocistronic 5'cap and poly A tail Eukaryotic relatively stable
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What proteins are responsible for guiding RNA polymerase to TATA box?
TBP TFB
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What is the difference between archaea splicing vs eukayotic splicing?
The both splice introns but in eukaryotic pre-mRNA 5'cap and poly A tail are added
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What is translation?
Going from nucleotides to amino acids
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What is the most conserved process in biology?
Translation
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What type of code is used for translation?
base triplets
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genetic code is ________ and ________.
Universal and redundant
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What is the importance of the wobble rule?
More then one triplet may code for the same amino acids and the wobble of the last base pair is not as important
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What works as the translator in RNA translation?
tRNA synthetase
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What is the requirement for tRNA synthetase?
Must be charged with the correct amino acid
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What are the steps of initiation?
1. 30S subunit + mRNA + IF (intiation factors) 2. mRNA - Shine - Dalgarno sequence that binds to 16S RNA to set up reading frame 3. fMet-tRNA enters p sight 4. 50S is added and second charged tRNA enters A site help from EF
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What are the steps of elongation?
1. Peptide bond forms and peptide is translocated to tRNA at A site 2. Ribosome advances by moving peptidyl - tRNA to P sight and moving empty initiator tRNA to E site 3. New charged tRNA enters A site, Peptide bond formation continutes 4. Termination occurs at a stop condon with RF
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How do mutations effect translation and transcription?
- block translation - stop transcription
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What are the products of translation?
String of AA
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What might the synthesized string of AA need after translation?
1. Protein folding 2. Cofactor insertion 3. Multimer formation
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How does translation termination differ in eukaryotic organisms?
occurs when RNA polymerase reaches a polyadenylation signal
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In eukaryotes is translation simultaneously like transcription
No
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How does translation initiation differ in eukaryotic organisms?
- No shine Dalgarno sequence - Start from first AUG - Methioinine inserted
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How does translation initiation differ in prokaryote organisms? (special exceptions)
GUG UUG can serve as start codons
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TRUE or FALSE? in Prokayotes the Shine Dalgarno is always necessary?
FALSE
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What is the foundational difference in prokayotes when it comes to translation?
2 starts 2 proteins one gene
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In prokaryotic organisms Ribosome and tRNA ______.
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