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How many standard amino acids are there?

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20

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What is an alpha-AA?

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common amino acids are known as a-amino acids with a primary amino group and a carboxyl group on the same carbon, which is called the a-carbon. (The a-carbon is the first carbon that attaches to a functional group: carboxyl group/carbonyl function) (there also exist b and g-amino acids - b-alanine - g-aminobutyric acid)

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How do AA differ in structure?

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The side chain, R Group

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What does a AA look like at neutral pH?

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the amino group is protonated and the carboxyl group is deprotonated

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What is the isoelectric point?

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The pH at which the AA carries no net charge (zero or neutral).

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Which isomer are proteins?

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L-amino acids

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What 4 groups are is the alpha-carbon bonded to?

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A carboxyl group, amino group, R-Group, and a H atom. The alpha-carbon is therefore a chiral center.

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What is an enantiomer?

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One of two stereoisomers that are mirror images of each other and non-superimposable (like a left and right hand).

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Hydrophobic AAs

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Glycine, Gly, G; Alanine, Ala, A; Valine, Val, V; Leucine, Leu, L; Isoleucine, Ile, I; Methionine, Met, M; Proline, Pro, P.

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Which hydrophobic AA is achiral?

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Glycine

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Hydrophobic and aromatic AAs

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Phyenylalanine, Phe, F; Trypthophan, Trp, W.

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Polar AAs with neutral R-goup

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Serine, Ser, S; Threonine, Thr, T; Tyrosine, Tyr, Y; Cysteine, Cys, C; Asparagine, Asn, N; Glutamine, Gln, Q.

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Polar AAs with a positively charged R-group

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Lysine, Lys, K; Arginine, Arg, R; Histidine, His, H.

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Polar AAs with a negatively charged R-group

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Aspartate, Asp, D; Glutamate, Glu, E.

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Nonessential (humans can synthesize) AAs

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Alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartate, cysteine, glutamine, glutamate, glycine, proline, serine, and tyrosine.

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Essential (humans cannot synthesize) AAs

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Histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, valine.

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Are all genes coding?

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No.

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3 best know genomes

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  • Human
  • Mouse
  • Rat
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2 methods of whole genome sequencing

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  • By mapped clones (Physical maps are created)

- By whole genome shotgun (computer puts the genome back together)

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When did the amount of sequences of the human genome begin to spike

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In the late 90s

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When did $1000 human genome happen

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2014

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Human whole-genome sequencing has been exponentially increasing since when (approximately)

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DNA ancestry is available on line for as little as

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approximately $100

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Genome sequencing cost prices over the years

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$100,000,000 around 2001

$1,000 in 2014

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What is the number of genes in a genome derived from
whole genome sequencing projects
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Can a single gene produce more than one type of protein?
Yes. This accounts for the lower amount of genes relative to proteins
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Yeast has about how many genes
6,000
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Drosophilia has about how many genes
15,682
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Humans and other mammals have about how many genes
21,000
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Prokaryotic genome sequencing began to spike approximately when?
2004
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Humans have how many chromosome pairs
22 pairs plus the x and y chromosomes where applicable (Females are 44 XX, Males are 44 XY
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Humans have how many known base pairs
Approximately 3,547,762,741 (3.5GB)
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Humans have exactly how many known coding genes + definition
20,441 Genes that have the ability to code for a protein
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Humans have exactly how many known noncoding genes + definition
22,219 Genes that do not code for proteins (these can be RNA genes among other things)
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Humans have exactly how many known pseudogenes + definition
14,606 DNA sequences that look like genes but do not function like them
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Human known gene transcripts
198,002
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How many chromosome pairs do dogs have
38 plus x and y chromosomes where applicable
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Dogs genome has how many known of the following: | -Base pairs, Coding genes, Non-coding genes, pseudogenes, gene transcripts
``` BP = 2.4 GB CG = 19,856 Non-C = 11,898 PG = 950 GT = 39,074 ```
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How many chromosome pairs do cats have
18 plus x and y chromosomes where applicable
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Cats genome has how many known of the following: | -Base pairs, coding genes, non-coding genes, pseudogenes, genes transcripts
``` BP = 2.4 GP CG = 19,493 Non-C = 1,855 PG = 542 GT = 22,656 ```
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How many chromosome pairs do horses have
31 plus x and y chromosomes where applicable
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Horses genome has how many known of the following: | -Base pairs, coding genes, non-coding genes, pseudogenes, gene transcripts
``` BP = 2.5 GB CG = 20,449 Non-C = 2,142 PG = 4,400 GT = 29,196 ```
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Bovine have how many chromosome pairs
29 plus x and y where applicable
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Do horse or bovine Chromosome pairs look more like a humans
Horses are very similar in appearance to humans chromosome pairs
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Chickens have how many pairs of chomosomes
36 Most are incredibly small, also have about 1/3 of the amount of DNA as mammals
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Chicken genome have how many known of the following: | -Base pairs, coding genes, non-coding genes, pseudogenes, gene transcripts
``` BP = 1.1 GB CG = 15,508 Non-C = 1,558 PG - 42 GT = 17,954 ```
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``` Sample Question: Typical mammalian genomes contain how many protein coding genes? -100,000 -3 million -20,000 1,500 ```
20,000
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Sample Question: Why are the number of predicted genes different between the dog and human? - The number of genes is significantly different - The species differ in the completeness of their genome sequences - Dogs have more chromosomes than humans
The species differ in the completeness of their genome sequences
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There will be at least one difference in genes between each person per how many base pairs
1,000
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Are all regions along a chromosome the same
No. Some regions are gene rich and other are gene sparse
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How many base pairs do mammalian genomes have in DNA
2.5-3 billion base pairs
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About how much of the human genome encodes for proteins
2-3% meaning that a lot of the DNA is wither junk or has an unknown function
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Repetitive elements comprise what proportion of the human genome
about 2/3
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Why is the genome considered a "master switch"
Part of the genome can be turned "on and off" while the other half controls when this happens

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