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gene regulation

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the level of gene expression can vary under different conditions

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constitutive

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genes that are unregulated

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gene regulation is important for cellular processes such as

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metabolism, response to environmental stress, cell division

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common points of gene regulation in transcription

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  1. gene regulatory proteins bind to the DNA and control the rate of transcription
  2. formation of a transcriptional terminator ends transcription shortly after it’s begun
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common points of gene regulation in translation

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  1. translational repressor proteins can bind to the mRNA
  2. riboswitches can produce a mRNA conformation
  3. antisense RNA can bind to the mRNA
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Repressors

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bind to the DNA and inhibit transcription

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common points of gene regulation in posttranslation

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  1. feedback inhibition product inhibits first enzyme in the pathway
  2. covalent modifications to the structure of a protein
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activators

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bind to DNA and increase transcription

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negative control

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transcriptional regulation by repressor proteins

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positive control

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transcriptional regulation by activator proteins

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small effector molecules that increase transcription

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bind to activators and cause them to bind to DNA, bind to repressors and prevent them from binding to DNA

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genes that are regulated with positive SEMs (inducers) are termed

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inducible

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small effector molecules that inhibit transcription

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corepressors bind to repressors and cause them to bind to DNA
inhibitors bind to activators and prevent them from binding to DNA

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genes that are regulated with negative SEMs (compressor) are termed

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repressible

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repressor protein + inducer molecule =

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inducible gene

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activator protein + inducer molecule =

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inducible gene

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repressor protein + corepressor molecule =

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repressible gene

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activator protein + inhibitor molecule =

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repressible gene

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enzyme adaption

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a particular enzyme appears in the cell only after the cell has been exposed to the enzyme’s substrate

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operon

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a regulatory unit consisting of a few protein-coding genes under the control of one promoter

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polycistronic mRNA

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encoded by operon, contains the coding sequence for two or more protein-encoding genes

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promoter

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binds to RNA polymerase

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operator

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binds the lac repressor protein

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CAP site

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binds the Catabolite Activator Protein

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Terminator
ends transcription
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lacZ
codes b-galactosidase
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b-galactosidase
enzymatically cleaves lactose and lactose analogs and converts lactose to allolactose
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lacY
codes lactose permease
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lactose permease
membrane protein required for transport of lactose and analogs
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lacA
codes galactoside transacetylase
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galactoside transacetylase
covalently modifies lactose and analogs and prevents toxic buildup of nonmetabolizable lactose analogs
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allosteric regulation
allolactose binds to lac repressors and prevents the repressors from binding to the DNA
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lacI- mutation
resulted in the constitutive expression of the lac operon even in the absence of lactose
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trans-effect
genetic regulation that can occur even though DNA segments are not physically adjacent, mutation complemented by the introduction of a 2nd gene with normal function
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cis-effect
a DNA sequence that must be adjacent to the gene(s) it regulates, mutation not affected by the introduction of another normal cis-acting element
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catabolite repression
prevents the use of lactose, utilizes cAMP that binds to CAP
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diauxic growth
sequential use of two sugars by bacterium
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cAMP-CAP complex
increases transcription, in the presence of glucose cAMP is not produced and transcription rate decreases
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three operator sites for lac repressor
O1 - next to promoter (downstream) O2 - downstream from lacZ O3 - slightly upstream from promoter
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lac repressor must bind to two of the three operators to cause repression
O1 and O2 or O1 and O3, can't do O2 and O3
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Riboswitch
transcription continues with an antiterminator stem-loop, transcription ends with a terminator stem-loop, switch in conformation is caused by the binding of the molecule produced from transcribing the mRNA
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regulation of gene expression in transcription
1. regulatory transcription factors 2. arrangement and composition of nucleosomes 3. DNA methylation
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regulation of gene expression in RNA modification
1. alternative splicing 2. RNA editing
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regulation of gene expression in translation
1. protein regulation 2. mRNA degradation 3. RNA interference
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regulation of gene expression in posttranslation
1. feedback inhibition 2. covalent modification regulate protein function
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General transcription factors
required for binding of RNA polymerase
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regulatory transcription factors
influence the ability of RNA polymerase to begin transcription of a particular gene
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chromatin remodeling complexes change chromatin structure in one of 3 ways
1. change in the position of nucleosomes 2. eviction of histone octamers 3. change in the composition of nucleosomes
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histone code
the pattern of modification that provides binding sites for proteins that promote alteration in chromatin structure
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de novo methylation
two previously non-methylated strands become methylated
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maintenance methylation
recognizes an unmethylated strand that should be methylated (usually after DNA replication of two previously methylated strands)
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gene activation steps
1. one or more regulatory transcription factors (activators) bind to an enhancer 2. the activators recruit coactivators (chromatin remodeling complexes and histone-modifying enzymes) 3. RNA polymerase binds to the core promoter to form a preinitiation complex 4. RNA polymerase proceeds to the elongation phase and makes an RNA transcript
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nucleosome-free region
found at the beginning and end of most eukaryotic genes
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Elongation phase of transcription
1. formation of an open complex 2. promoter escape 3. proximal promoter pausing 4. histone modification
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Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Sequencing
a technique used to map the locations of specific nucleosomes within a genome

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