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gene regulation

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The lowest level of chromosome organisation in a eukaryotic chromosome

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nucleosome

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A core nucleosome is composed of

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two copies each of histone H2A, H2B, H3 and H4

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An activator which positively regulates the expression of one or more genes

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DNA-binding protein, transcription rates increase when an activator is bound to the DNA

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Repressor proteins

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Impede access of RNA polymerase to the promoter

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The name of the major eukaryotic coactivator consisting of 20 or more polypeptides

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mediator

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When a regulatory protein represses transcription at specific promoters

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Negative regulation

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The role of an enhancer in eukaryotic gene transcription is to

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Facilitate the expression of a given gene

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What is underwound

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lesser wound and it is strained

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What happens when its underwound,

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supercoil forms

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What is type I topoisomerase purpose

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Cut one strand and turn it to another side, phospahte bind to Tyr in the topoisomerase. covalent linkage, connected with no errors

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What is type II topoisomerase

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Holding two double stranded DNA, two monomer cutting the C gate and pass it through the other strand.

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When does sister chromosome appear

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metaphase

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What does chromatin contain

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1/3 DNA, 2/3 protein by mass

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How many protein are in the histones

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8

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How many types are there in histones

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5

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Where is histone H1

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outside, act as a clip to stabilise it

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What are amino tails

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from histones, allow the tail to interact with each other. binds to enzyme easier to modify and regulate them

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Where does modification occur

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histone tails and in the body of the histones

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How is it modified

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structure and packing of the chromatin

access to the DNA of DNA binding proteins

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What does histone acetylation do

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regulates chromatin condensation, wind by histones deacetylases and unwind by histone acetyl transferases HAT(decondensed chromatin)

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What is chromatin remodlling

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change section of chromatin for it to move around more. can remove histone, change histone variants, covalent modification of histones(by enzyme) change the accessibility of the DNA

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How histone are read

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scaffold protein, protein complex with catalytic activities and additional binding site to change the histones usage(modification.

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What are the use of histone modification

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Silencing genes, change expression, dna repair

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When was chromatin more condensed

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In mitosis

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What are the stages of compaction
First level: when being transcript. 7 fold compaction SEcond level: 30nm fibre, solenoid model, nucleosome are attach to one histone each, inaccessible DNA, cannot be transcripted.
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What control the lose dna
chromosomal scaffold, loop 30nm fibre around the scaffold. may be transcript.
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Are the grenes controlled?
yes
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What can dna by transcript more easily
moving genes to another region, different nuclear neighbourhood. looped into an active region
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What is one way to modify DNA
DNA methylation in eukaryotes(adding methyl group), it does not have effect of base pairing. when there is a CG dinucleotides. can be methylated on both strands
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What is CpG islands
CpG change the way it interacts. a group of GC methylation. large sequences. Found in promoters to regulate transcription
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Waht is one use of methylation
represses the expression of a gene
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What is the use of DNA methyltransferases
to shutdown the expression of a gene
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What happens when the new strand of the replicated ones dont not have CpG
maintenance DNa methyltransferases is used to methylate the new strand
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What does epigenetic changes
no changes to DNA sequence Are maintained in the cell but can by altered by signals. Inherited from cell to cell switches gene on or off aceytlation in the histone tails and methylation of the cytosine Does not change the bases
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What direction does the outer ring of the E. coli genome go
Clockwise
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What direction does the inner ring of the E. coli genome go
anti-clockwise
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How are genes regulated
using UP element and other regions
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Why must the genes be regulated
Does not have to express all the genes
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What are transcription factors
elements(sequences in the gene), repress transcription or activates them.
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How are bacterial genes being controlled together
operons( not in out genome)
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How are operans operated
transcript multiple genes together as a unit
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what is trp operon
to produce tryptophan,gaps are start and stop codons.
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What happens when there is trp
cause repressor to active, block the transcription from making trp
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what produces Lac repressor
LacI, made in a active state
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What is Lac operon for
when there is no lactose, the active Lac repressor will stop Lac operons from producing When there is lactose present, aldolactose will bind to the repressor, this will produce the gene.
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What is B-galactosidase for
to form glucose as a energy source
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What is the difference between trp operon and lac operon
With both have corepressor bound, trp will stop gene expression, while allolactose will express the gene. Both negative regulation
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What does the operator sequence do
3 operators, palindrome.
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How is Lac repressor bound
it binds as a dimer, work together as a tetremer. forms a loop, prevent polymerase to transcript
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How many regulators are there for a single gene
multiple
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How are gene activation like
synergistic, works together and does more transcription when lack of operon
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Why is glucose a good energy source
does not take a lot of energy to breakdown compared to lactose. it will prioritise glucose first.
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How does E. Coli use glucose first
when low glucose, there will be low ATP, cAMP increase, binds to CAP to activate it. binds to promoter of the lac operon to use lactose pathway. CAP overwrite lac operon
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What are the 4 situations for cAMP production for prokaryote
When glucose high, cAMP is low, low level of gene expression when lactose is present. (no expression when lactose is absent) When Glucose is low, cAMP high, high level of gene expression when Lac is present(none when lactose are not present)
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How does cells change in the eukaryotic cell of the same DNA
difference in the regulation of the gene
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What are the difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic gene regulation
• Separation of transcription and translation • Chromatin can block RNA polymerase access • Basal transcription is low (eukaryote) • Majority of regulation is positive, not negative • There are more proteins involved in transcriptional regulation • There are more transcription factors that control each gene – on average 6 binding sites, but could be many more - Combinatorial control mostly are regulated in eukaryotic cell
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What are the chromatin regulation
Methylation of DNA (prevent expression) Histone acetylation ( allow transcription factors to bind and genes to expressed)
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How eukaryotic transcriptional regulation work
+1 onwards are transcripted regulatory element- DNA sequence that transcription factors bind to Repressors bind to sequences called silencer Activators find to sequence called enchancer or enhancer element very regular
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What is regulatory element
DNA sequence that transcription factors bind to
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What is the use of an enhancer
it is where the activator is going to bind
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How do you change the structure of the chromotin
Histone modification/ nucleosome remodelling complexes
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What is the use of a mediator
It mediates between activators and the general transcription factor, facilitates binding of TBP, TFIIB. Makes transcription initiate.
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What is the downstream of the gene
further region of the coding strand
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Are shape of the dna constant
no
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What is the major and minor groove
The large gaps and smaller gaps of the DNA, to bind to transcription factor.
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What does the major grove do
DNA-binding protein will be able to bind to the DNA sequence without affecting the sequence
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What are the features of eukaryotic transcription factors
* Transcription factors are usually made up of several domains * There is only a small number of possible DNA binding domains * Most Transcription Factors exist in large gene families
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What is an example of a DNA binding domain
Helix-loop-Helix, it is a dimer(most do)
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What is the use of Max
involved in cell growth and division
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What can be formed in transcription factor
heterodimers(MYCMAX)
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What is the use of the MYC MAX
involve in cell growth, activates, open chromatin for transcription
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What is the use of MADMAX
repressed, not expressed, differentiation
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What are the eukaryotic transcription factors like
Modular, members of the TF family can homo-dimerise or heterodimerise, control by the binding of many TF(combinarial control
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How can there be so many protein produced
By alternative splicing, different protein produced from one gene
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How does cell produce differennt mRNA
regulated for splicing repressor(harder for the splicing machinery from detecting) Or Splicing activator to promote splicing
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What is gene expression serparated into
1 Transcription initiation (how much) 2 post transcriptional precessing(how it is processed) 3 RNA stability (where does it go) 4 translational regulation (How it is translated) 5 Protein modification(how much is need to modify) 6 protein transport (where it is transported 7 Protein degradation (how long it should stay for)
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How is transcription initiation regulated
by micro RNA (mi RNA)
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where are mi RNA form
in the genes(multiple of them)
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How is mi RNA formed
transported out to cytoplasm from nucleus, one will be removed.if mRNA is same as mi RNA, it will be broken down and destroy the RNA. If is it different, it will be repressed
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What may be ask about a gene
1. What cell types express gene1? 2. Under what conditions do these cells express gene1? 3. What can change or control the expression of gene1?
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How to find whether a experiemtn is consistent
QRT-PCR
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How is QRT-PCR done
extract RNA, get only mRNA, treat it with DNase, Run RT reaction, generate c-DNA. Run PCR, add it into a quantitative machine using light detection
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How does QRT-PCR work
find the midpoint of the cycle graph. set a level and measure the number of cycle to reach the threshold. Or use a probe that base pair that are needed to be bind to, detect the florescent when the probe is bound.

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