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Chapter 5: Nucleic Acids (DNA Replication) Flashcards

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DNA replication: overview

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  1. chromatin disassembly (eukaryotes)
  2. DNA double helix unwinding
  3. primer binding
  4. elongation
  5. termination
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ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes facilitate the sliding or removal of nucleosome from DNA ahead of the replication fork

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chromatin disassembly (eukaryotes)

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binds and breaks the hydrogen bonds between complementary bases

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DNA helicase

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breaks hydrogen bond between complementary bases

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DNA helicase

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point at which the DNA double helix is unwinding, which is constatnly changing (moving)

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replication fork

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the enzyme primase generates short strands of RNA hat bind to single-stranded DNA to initiate DNA synthesis

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primer binding

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generates short strands of RNA to prime strands for DNA synthesis

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primase

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no. of primer in leading strand

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one

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no. of primer in lagging strand

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multiple

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polymerase binds to strand at the site of the primer and begins adding new base pairs complementary to the strad by forming new phosphodiester linkages

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elongation

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binds to strand at site of primer and begin adding new base pairs

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polymerase

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continuous 5’ to 3’ direction (toward helicase)

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leading strand

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in short Okazaki fragments (elongation is away from helicase)

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lagging strand

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fragments in lagging strand

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Okazaki fragments

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  • exonuclease removes all RNA primers
  • another exonuclease proofreads newly formed DNA
  • DNA ligase joins Okazaki fragments
  • telomerase catalyzes synthesis of telomere that act as protective cap
  • once completed, the parent strand and its complementary DNA strand coils into familiar double helix shape
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termination

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  • removes all RNA primers from original strands
  • proofreads newly formed DNA and remove and replace any errors
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exonuclease

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joins Okazaki fragments together forming a single unified strand

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DNA ligase

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catalyzes the synthesis of telomere sequence at the ends of the DNA

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telomerase

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alleviates positive supercoiling ahead of replication fork

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topoisomerase

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  • keep the parental strands apart
  • also protect strands from degradatioin and prevent secondary structure formation
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single-strand binding proteins

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  • nuclear SSB protein found in all eukaryotes
  • required for multiple processes in DNA metabolism such as DNA replication, DNA repair, DNA recombination, telomere maintenance and DNA damage signalling.
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Replication protein A (RPA)

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“reads” each parental strand and catalyzes the polymerization of a complementary daughter strand

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DNA polymerase III

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precursors for DNA replication

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deoxyribonucleotide triphosphate (dNTP)

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in 5’ to 3’ synthesis, a __ __ is released as a phosphoester bond is formed between 5’-phosphoryl group of the nucleotide being added to the chain and the 3’-OH of the nucleotide on the daughter strand

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pyrophosphate group

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DNA pol III can only catalyze DNA chain in what direction
5' to 3'
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serve as starting point for DNA replicatioin
RNA primer
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length of RNA primer
10 - 12 nucleotides
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where is the new primer synthesized in the lagging strand
at replication fork
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exist between Okazaki fragments and are easily recognizable by the DNA mismatch repair machinery prior to ligation
nicks
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Final steps of synthesis on lagging strand
1. removal of primers 2. repair of gaps 3. sealing of fragments
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catalyzes the removal of RNA primer and its replacement with DNA nucleotides
DNA polymerase I
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covalently links the DNA fragments together
DNA ligase
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is also able to proofread the newly synthesized strand
DNA polymerase III
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dismantles after the convergence of the two replication forks
replisome complex
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in eukaryotes, it removes the RNA primer at the beginning of each Okazaki fragment
Ribonuclease H (RNAse H)
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after the first round, the new lagging strand is __ than its template
shorter
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after the second round, both the leading ang lagging strands have become __ than the original parental DNA
shorter
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repetitive sequences that code for no particular gene
telomeres
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in humans, a six base pair sequence, _____, is repeated __ to __ times
- TTAGGG - 100 to 1000 times
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Telomeres shorten as a result of cellular replication, leading to a permanent cell cycle arrest, also known as __ __
replicative senescence
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are formed by telomere ends in order to be protected from cell's DNA repair systems
protective loops
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protein complex known to protect telomeres in many eukaryotes from DNA repair mechanisms, as well as to regulate telomerase activity
Shelterin
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Shelterin is also called
telosome
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individual DNA molecule bound to a group of proteins
chromosome
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typically, a chromosome is __ by mass DNA, and __ by mass protein
- 15% DNA - 85% protein
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- have similar, but not identical, DNA base sequences - both code for the same traits but for different forms of trait
homologous chromosomes
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where does DNA replication begin
replication origin
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replication occurs __ at the rate of about __ new nucleotides every second
- bidirectionally - 500
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the human genome consists of approx. how many nucleotide pairs
3 billion
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just one chromosome may nearly be __ times longer than bacterial chromosome
100
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two Y-shaped structures called replication forks are formed, together making up what's called a __ __
replication bubble
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class of anticancer drug that interfere with DNA replication because their structures are similar to molecules required for normal DNA replication
antimetabolites
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an essential and necessary element for the synthesis of nucleotides and other biomolecules after reduction by dihydrofolate reductase
folic acid
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replication of DNA produces two daughter molecules in which each daughter molecule contains
- one parent strand - one newly synthesized strand
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in DNA replication, the DNA double helix unwinds under the influence of
DNA helicase
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in DNA replication, the new strand that is synthesized in small segments is called
lagging strand (murag Okazaki fragment man)
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in DNA replication, the unwinding of DNA double helix occurs at
many locations within double helix
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chromosme is a protein-DNA complex that contains
single DNA molecule
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