Lecture 7 Flashcards
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Tryptophan operon regulation in Bacillus subtilis:
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- Alternate, mutually exclusive stem-and-loop structures in the mRNA lead to termination or anti-termination
- High tryptophan leads to TRAP forming (C&D) resulting in anti-termination
- antiTRAP protein binds to inactivate TRAP, regulated by uncharged tRNAtrp
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Regulation of gene expression is mediated by
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- Positive/negative
- DNA-binding/RNA binding
- Regulating transcription initiation/termination
- Most are regulated by an effector molecule having an allosteric effect on the conformation and activity of the protein
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Riboswitches influence gene expression in eukaryotes (some in fungi and plants) by..
(4)
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- Altering the structure in the mRNA through the binding of an effector molecule, influencing gene expression by..
- Transcription termination (attenuation)
- Translation initiation
- No regulatory protein involved
4
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Alternative structures of riboswitches
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- The normal confirmation does not result in transcription termination, but upon binding by an effector molecule
- A change in confirmation results in transcription termination
5
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Riboswitch example:
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- SAM is a small effector molecule that binds when there is enough in the cell.
- When not bound 2&3 bind, but when bound 1&2 pair and 3&4 pair and termination follows
6
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Other riboswitches examples:
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- Coenzyme B12
- Guanine
- Lysine
- Adenine
- Thyamine
- Flavin
7
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Bacteriophage lambda:
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- A simple model organism
- Temperate bacteriophage of E.coli
- Lysis or lysogeny are the binary outcomes based on regulatory events of genes
8
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The Lambda life cycle:
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- Infection of a cell
- 50kb linear genome circularises via cohesive sticky ends within the cell
- Either lytic growth (phage infects cell and replicates new phage, cell burst etc)
- OR lysogenic growth ohage
9
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The Lambda lytic pathway:
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- Phage infects cell
- 50kb genome circularises using sticky ends
- DNA replicates using host machinery
- Cells lyses and lambda infects new cells
10
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The lambda lysogenic pathway
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- Phage infects cell
- 50kb genome circularises using sticky ends
- DNA integrates into the cell chromosomes and lambda repressor is expressed
- Replicates with cell machinery until the repressor is turned off
- lysis follows
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Induction
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- The lysogen is induced into the lytic cycle
- Often occurs under host cell stress
12
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Lambda genome parts:
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- Cos sticky ends circularise
- Head protein genes
- Tail protein genes
- Lysis genes for breaking open the cell
- Integration and excision of E.coli
- DNA replication genes
- Regulatory functions
13
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Phage lytic development involves:
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- A cascade of gene expression from early to middle to late genes
- New phage RNAP, sigma factors, promoters and anti-termination factors are used to progress to the next stage of gene expression
14
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Early genes:
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- Phage genes are transcribed by host RNA polymerase
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Middle genes:
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- Early product causes transcription of middle genes
