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Regulation of Gene Expressions (83 cards)

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What happens when a gene is expressed

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The doing of the Central Dogma
A functional product is produced, such as a protein

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What is gene regulation

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Gene expression does not happen at all times under all conditions

It is the when, where, and how much of gene expression

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What allows for cell specialization and for multicellular organisms to develop

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Gene regulation

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Where

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In which cells

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When

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Under what conditions, environmental conditions, or period of life (development)

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Specialization

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Different types of cells express different genes
Most cells share the same sets of genes, but different sets of them are expressed

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Do skin cells have the genes that encode for isulin

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YES, but they are not expressed in these cells

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When is insulin expressed in the pancreas

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When it receives a signals that the body’s blood sugar levels are high

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How does gene regulation help save energy and resources

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By not activating all genes at all time

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When does gene regulation occur

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Anytime during DNA replication
Level of chromosome to even after the protein is made

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What are some additional levels of gene regulation that are not possible in eukaryotes

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How DNA is packaged into chromosomes, RNA processing, and the separation between transcription and translation,

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At what level is gene regulation done in prokaryotes

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In the level of transcription

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What does gene expression involve in prokaryotes

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Transcription of the gene into mRNA and translation of the mRNA into protein

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POSITIVE REGULATORY MOLECULE

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Binds to DNA at a site near the gene in order for transcription to take place
-usually a protein
-ACTIVATOR

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NEGATIVE REGULATORY MOLECULE

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binds to the DNA at a site near the gene and prevents transcription
-usually a protein
-REPRESSOR

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Activators

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Required for RNA polymerase to bind to the DNA strand and turn on the transcription

A Positive regulatory proteins

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What two binding sites can DNA have
(both eukaryotes and prokaryotes)

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One for the activator and one for the polymerase

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What is RNA polymerase called when it attaches to the binding site after the activator

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It is the PROMOTER

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An Allosteric Effect

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When a molecule binds to a protein, changing its shape alters its activity.

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What can the allosteric effect cause when an activator is effected

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It can result in more transcription of the gene.
Small molecules bind to and change the activity of the activator

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How does RNA polymerase bind during negative regulation

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RNA polymerase binds on its own to the DNA molecule, allowing transcription to occur.
The negative regulatory protein can bind and turn off transcription

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Activator

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Required to turn on transcription
A positive regulatory molecule

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Promoter

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RNA polymerase
Activates the RNA transcription

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Repressor

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Part of the negative regulatory process
Turns off DNA transcription

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Inducer
The small molecule that interacts with the repressor, preventing it from binding to DNA, keeping gene expression turned on Works through the allosteric effect
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What does Beta Galactosidase do
Cleaves lactose into glucose and galactose to become a source of energy and carbon
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What is the gene for Beta Galactosidase
lacZ
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LacY
Gene for permease
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Permease
transports lactose from the external medium into the cell Allows lactose to be transported into the cell
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RNA polymerase promoter in the lactose operon
LacP
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Gene organizations where genes are transcribed and expressed together at the same time
An Operon
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Gene that encodes for the repressor of the lactose operon
lacI
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Where does the repressor protein bind to in the lactose operon
A regulatory DNA sequence called lacO
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Operator
A regulator DNA sequence where the repressor protein binds
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Why aren't the genes that encode for proteins that break down lactose transcribed in the absence of lactose
The repressor protein stays attached to the operator in the absence of lactose, so the genes are not expressed
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Where do repressor proteins bind at
the operator
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where does the RNA polymerase bind at
the promoter
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How does lactose act as an inducer in the lactose operon
The isomer that always accompanies lactose prevents the binding of the repressor LacI
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The isomer that prevents the binding of the repressor in the lactose operon
Allolactose
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What is glucose and galactosidase subunits used for
Energy and carbon sources
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Transcription factors
The initial group of proteins that bind to the promoter, then the RNA polymerase, allowing transcription to proceed
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Do transcription factors act as positive or negative regulatory molecules?
positive
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Enhancer
The regulatory DNA sequence in or near a gene
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Regulatory transcription factors
Controls the binding of general transcription factors to the proteins BINDS TO THE PROMOTER SEQUENCE AND HELPS RECRUIT RNA POLYMERASE - they are proteins
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What two binding sites can regulatory transcription factors have
one that binds to the enhancers (DNA sequence in or near a gene) and one that binds to the general transcription factor(s)
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What happens is regulatory transcription factors fail to bring the general transcription factors to a gene
Transcription does not occur
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Silencers
A DNA sequence that represses transcription
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A gene can be regulated by how many enhancers and silencers
They are typically close to the gene - multiple enhancers and silencers regulate the gene' - each enhancer and silencer has one or more regulatory transcription factors that bind with it
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How do enhancers and silencers impact transcription of eukaryotic genes
Transcription can only take place when the PROPER COMBINATIOn of regulatory transcription factors are present in the same cell Transcription depends on the presence of a PARTICULAR COMBINATION of regulatory transcription factors
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Combinatorial control
A type of gene regulation within eukaryotes, dependent on the combination and presence of particular enhancers and silencers.
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RNA splicing
Exons are joined and introns are removed
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Exons
Regions that are retained and expressed in mRNA from the long primary transcript
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Introns
Regions of the primary transcript that are removed during RNA splicing
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Alternative splicing
The same primary transcript can be spliced in different ways (exon combos) to yield different proteins
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What percent of human genes undergo alternative splicing
Over 90%
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What does a high affinity for insulin in muscles do and come from
From the excluded 11 exon Allows the muscle cells to absorb enough glucose to fulfill their energy needs
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RNA Editing
When the mRNA acts as a substrate for enzymes The enzyme will modify certain bases, changing their sequences and what proteins they code for Many go after amino groups
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Amino Groups
-NH2
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mall regulatory RNA molecules
Type of noncoding RNA molecules helps maintain the stability of mRNA
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siRNA and miRNA
Small regulatory RNA Small interfering RNA and microRNA They can be incorporated into large protein complexes in order to target specific mRNA molecules, DEGRADING RNA TRANSCRIPTS (INHIBITING translation
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What does it mean to degrade an RNA transcript
to prevent or inhibit its translation
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What are the 5' UTR and 3' UTR
untranslated regions that bind with regulatory proteins (and sometimes has binding site for small regulatory proteins) - helps control the mRNA translation and degradation
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How do RNA-binding proteins control where mRNA is translated at
RNA-binding proteins (by transport or repression) cause the mRNA to be translated or degraded only in certain places (the places in which the proteins are present)
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What can a resulting protein affect in its cell or organism
It can affect metabolism, signaling, gene expression, and cell structure.
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Post-translational modification
After translation, some proteins are modified in multiple ways ( in collective processes) that regulate their structure and function
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Why is post-translational modification important to the cell
Some proteins are dangerous and can kill the cell ex. protease and trypsin can kill the cell, so they must be KEPT INACTIVE (translated in inactive forms) until they are secreted from the cell where they are then made active by modification
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aperones
Proteins that help proteins fold
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What can happen if a protein doesn't fold right
It can form an aggregate
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What are aggregates
They are destructive to the cell and are associated with many disease (Alzheimers, Huntingtons disease, and others)
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What other post-translational modifications can occur
addition of one or more sugar molecules or of functional groups
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Where and why are sugar molecules added in post-translational modification
They are added to the side chains of some amino acids, altering the folding and stability
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Where and why are functional groups added in post-translational modification
Change the shape and function of the protein groups include phosphate, acetyl, methyl
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What can the addition of a phosphate group to the side chains of an amino acid do
Key regulator of protein activity The negative charge alters conformation switching it from inactive to active or the other way around
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Chromatin
A complex of DNA, RNA, and proteins what DNA is packaged in within eukaryotes Gives chromosomes their structure.
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Chromatime Remodeling
Loosens the chromatin to allow space for transcriptional proteins and enzymes to work - Nucleosomes are repositioned to expose different stretches of DNA to the environment of the nucleus When chromatin is in its coiled state the DNA is not accessible to proteins that carry out transcription
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Nucleosome
The basic repeating subunit of chromatin packaged inside the cell's nucleus DNA wound around 8 histones
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Histones
What DNA winds up around
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Where does modification usually happen (when at the chromatin)
At the histone tails
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Histone tail
Strings of amino acids that protrude from the histone proteins in the nucleosome
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What happens when a methyl group is added to the Cytosine base
It changes the structure of chromatin, modifies the histone, and the position of the nucleosome (restricting the access of transcription factors to promotors)
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Epigenetics
Changes to the manner in which DNA is PACKAGED, not the DNA itself -can be inherited, reversible, responsive to environmental changes
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Imprinting
Sex-specific silencing of gene expression Imprinted genes (from one parent) are silenced, so only the genes inherited from the other parent are expressed.

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