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Nucleotides are built from what 3 things?

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  1. A sugar (Deoxyribose for DNA & ribose for RNA)
  2. An aromatic base (nitrogenous base)
  3. 1-3 phosphate grouo
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G & A are what?

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Purines

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C, T, & U are what?

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Pyrimidines

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Nucleosides contain what?

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A sugar & a base (purines or pyrimidines)

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Nucleotides contain what?

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A sugar, base (purine or pyrimidine), & 1-3 phosphate groups where if it has 3 its called nucleoside triphosphate (NTP where N is a purine or pyrimidine)

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The __________ & __________ make up the backbone of DNA

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Sugar & phosphate

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Nucleotides in DNA chain are covalently lined by _____________ bonds between the 3’ hydroxyl group of one dexoribose and the 5’ phosphate group of the next dexoribose

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Phosphodiester bonds

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In a polynucleotide, the end of the chain with a free 5’ phosphate group is written _______ with other nucleotides written in the 5’ to 3’ direction

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First

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In DNA H-bonded pair always consist of a __________ plus a _________

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Purine, pyrimidine so we can actually calculate the # of purines if we know the # of pyrimidines (A+G = T+ C)

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Annealing (hybridization)

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The binding of two complementary strand of DNA into a double-stranded structure

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Denaturation (melting)

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The separation of strands

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DNA strand are always antiparallel & the _____ end is always written first

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5’

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___________ is used to stabilize prokaryotes chromosomes

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DNA gyrase

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What is the telomere sequence that is found at the end of DNA?

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5’-TTAGGG-3’

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Intergenic DNA

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Are composed of noncoding DNA

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Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPS)

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Are essentially mutations, they are single nucleotide changes (predicted that there is one for every 1,000 base pair) & usually occur in noncoding regions of the genome)

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Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPS)

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Are essentially mutations, they are single nucleotide changes (predicted that there is one for every 1,000 base pair) & usually occur in noncoding regions of the genome) & they can lead to specific traits & phenotypes like how some ppl can’t taste PTC & others can

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Copy number variations (CNVs)

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Are structural variations in the genome that lead to different copies of DNA sections

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Tandem repeats

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Where short sequences of nucleotides are repeated one right after the other from as little as 3 to over 100 times

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Synonyms

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Two or more codons coding for the same amino acids & are degenerate (each codon only specifies one amino acid)

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Is DNA replicat onserative, semiconservative, or disperative?

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Semi-conservative (The old strand is used to make the new strand)

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Helicase enzyme uses the energy of ______- hydrolysis to break the DNA strand for replication

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ATP

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Polymerization occurs in the __________ direction

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5’ to 3’

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DNA polymerase requires a __________ to make a copy strand (daughter strand)

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Template

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DNA polymerase requires a _______ to start replication
Primer
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Replication forks grow away from the ________ in both directions & each fork contains a leading strand & a lagging strand
Origin
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Replication of the leading strand is ___________ and leads into the replication fork while replication of the lagging strand is ___________ resulting in Okazaki fragments
Continuous, discontinuous
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Eventually, all RNA primers are replaced by DNA & the fragments are joined by an enzyme called ________ ligase
DNA ligase
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DNA polymerase 3
Is responsible for the super fast accurate elongation of the leading strand & also has proofreading functions
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Exonuclease
"cutting a nucleic acid chain at the end"
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Endonuclease
Will cut a polypeptide acid chain in the middle of the chain, usually at a particular sequence
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What are the two types of endonucleases?
1. Repair enzymes 2. Restriction enzymes
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Repair enzymes
Removes chemically damaged DNA from the chian
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Restriction enzyme
Are endonucleases found in bacteria & are made to destroy the DNA of infecting virus thus restricting the host range of the virus
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Telomeres
Are disposable repeats at end of chromosomes & are consumed 7 shorten during cell division
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Genetic mutations
Are any alterations of the DNA sequence of an organism's genome
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Ionizing radiation (such as X-rays, alpha particles, and gamma rays) can cause _______ breaks
DNA
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Mutagen
Any compound that can cause mutations (& biological agents like viruses, transposons, etc can also cause mutations& arent mutagens)
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What are the type of mutations?
1. Point mutations 2. Insertions 3. Deletions 4. Inversions 5. Amplifications 6. Translocation & rearrangements 7. Loss of heterozygosity
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Point mutations
Are single base pair substitutions (ex. A in place of G)
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What are the different types of point mutations
1. Transitions 2. Transversions
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Transitions
Substitution of a pyrimidine for another pyrimidine or substitution of a purine for another purine
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What are the types of point mutations?
1. Missense mutation 2. Nonsense mutation 3. Silent mutation
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Missense mutation
This causes one amino acid to be replaced with a different amino acid
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Nonsense mutation
A stop codon replaces a regular codon & prematurely shortens the protein
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Silent mutation
A codon is changed into a new codon for the same amino acid, so there is no change in the protein's amino acid sequence
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Insertion
Refers to the addition of one or more extra nucleotides into the DNA sequence
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Deletion
The removal of nucleotides from the sequence
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What two types of mutations cause a frame shift in the sequence?
Insertion & deletion
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Frameshift mutations
Mutations that cause a change in the reading frame
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An inversion
When a segment of a chromosome is reversed end to end (The chromosome undergoes breakage and rearrangement within itself)
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Insertions, deletions,, & inversion can be caused by _____________
Transposons
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Chromosome amplification
When a segment of a chromosome is duplicated
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Translocations
Results when recombination occurs between nonhomologous chromosomes
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Transposons
Mobile genetic elements in the genomes (genetic mobility)
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Loss of heterozygosity
When a deletion occurs in a diploid organism & deletes the normal copy of the gene & the only remaining copy is the mutated version
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Hemizygous
When there is only one gene copy in the diploid organism
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Haploinsufficiency
A diploid organism has only a single - functional copy of a gene and this single copy is not enough to support a normal state
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Inborn errors of metabolism
Are a group of genetic diseases that involve disorders of metabolism
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What are the different types of DNA repair mechanisms?
1. Direct reversal 2. Homology- dependent repair 3. Excisionm repair 4. Post-replication repair 5. Double-stranded break repair 6. Homologous recombination
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Direct reversal
DNA damages that are directly repaired
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Homology-dependent repair
Using the second strand (undamaged strand) of the DNA double-strand to make a complementary repair on the other strand
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What are the two types of homology-dependent repair?
1. Excision repair 2. Post-replication repair
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Excision repair
Occurs before DNA replication & removes defective bases or nucleotides & replacing them
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Post-Replication repair
Are repairs that happen before & during DNA replication & use the mismatch repair pathway to target mismatched base pairs that slipped through the DNA proof reading process
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Double-stranded break repair (DSB)
Its caused by reactive oxygen species, ionizing radiation, UV light or chemical agents & its goal is reattach and fuse chromosomes that have come apart because of it
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What are the two ways that a double-strand repair can work?
1. Homologous recombination 2. Nonhomologous recombination
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Homologous recombination
Process where one sister chromatid can help repair a DSB in the other
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Nonhomologous end joining
Process of just reconnecting the broken chromosomes at the end
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mRNA (coding RNA)
Carries genetic information to the ribosome where it can be translated into proteins each unique polypeptide is created based on the codon on the mRNA
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Transfer RNA (tRNA) (non-coding RNA)
Is responsible for translating the genetic code & carries amino acids from the cytoplasm to the ribosome to be added to a growing protein
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Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) (non-coding RNA)
Are the major components of the ribosome
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RNA polymerase 1 transcribes most _______
rRNA
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RNA polymerase 2 transcribe ___________
hnRNA (which results in mRNA), most snRNA, & some miRNA
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RNA polymerase 3 transcribe ________
tRNA, long ncRNA, siRNA, some miRNA, & some rRNA
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Translation
Is the synthesis of polypeptides according to the amino acid sequence dictated by the sequence of codons in mRNA
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Wobble Hypothesis
States that the first two codon-anticodon pairs obey normal base pairing rules, but the 3rd position is more flexible which is why there is smaller numbers in tRNA
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What are the most common wobble base pairs?
1. G-U 2. I-U 3. I-A 4. I-C
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Amino acid activation (tRNA loading)
A process where two high energy phosphate bonds are hydrolyzed to provide the energy to attach an amino acid to its tRNA molecule
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What are the 3 steps in the amino acid activation process?
1. An amino acid is attached to AMP to form aminoacyl AMP 2. The pyrophosphate leaving group is hydrolyzed to 2 orthophosphate 3. tRNA loading, an unfavorable reaction is driven forward by the destruction of the high energy aminoacyl - AMP bond created in step 1
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Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase enzymes
Are used to attach the appropriate amino acid to each tRNA molecule
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What are the two main functions that amino acid activation serves?
1. Specific & accurate amino acid delivery 2. Thermodynamic activation of the amino acid
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What are the binding site in the ribsome?
1. A site - where each new tRNA delivers its amino acid 2. P site- where the growing polypeptide chain is located during translation 3. E site- where a now empty tRNA sits prior to its release from the ribosome
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What are the binding site in the ribsome?
1. A site - where each new tRNA delivers its amino acid 2. P site- where the growing polypeptide chain is located during translation 3. E site- where a now empty tRNA sits prior to its release from the ribosome A ---> P ---> E
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What are the main differences between eukaryotic & prokaryotic translation?
The ribosome is larger & has different components than the prokaryotic ribosome, the mRNA must be processed before it can be translated, & the N-terminal amino acid is different
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Cap independent translation
A eukaryote starting translation in the middle of an mRNA molecule (without the requirement of the 5' cap of the mRNA)
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Regulation of gene expression occurs where?
In transcription
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What are the 3 most commonly used way to regulate gene expression?
DNA methylation, chromatin remodeling, & RNA interference
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What are the two ways the DNA methylation turns off eukaryotic gene expression?
1. Methylation physically blocks the gene from transcriptional proteins 2. Certain proteins bind methylated Cp5 groups & recuit chromatin remodeling proteins that change the winding of DNA around histones
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Gene imprinting
When only one allele of a gene is expressed
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Regulation of _____________ is the primary method of regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes
Transcription
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Anabolic enzymes whose transcription is inhibited in the presence of an excess amount of products are __________
Repressible
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Catabolic enzymes whose transcription can be stimulated b the abundance of a substrate are called ___________
Inducible enzymes
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The Lac Operon is __________ since the enzymes it codes for are part of lactose catabolism
Inducible

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