What reaction does DNA ligase catalyse?
formation of phosphodiester bond between the 5’-phosphate and 3’ hydroxyl ends
What is Chargaff’s rule?
the ratio of purines to pyramidines is always 1
Around how many histones does DNA wrap itself?
8 histones
which DNA wraps 1.65 times
What is a chromatosome?
Nuclesome + H1 histone
What size is the chromatin fibre?
11nm diameter
100 kD
What is the average length of a loop?
300 nm
What happens in the elongation phase of translation?
aminoacyl-tRNA binds A site
peptide bond forms
mrna-trna translocates on ribosome