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a theory stating that genetic information flows only in one direction, from DNA, to RNA, to protein, or RNA directly to protein.

The central dogma of molecular biology

Process produceby which a double-stranded DNA molecule is copied to two identical DNA molecules.


Replication

Each time a cell divides, the two resulting daughter cells must contain exactly the same genetic information, or DNA, as the parent cell.

Replication

Each strand of existing DNA acts as a template for replication.


Replication

____ occurrence.


Eukaryotic Cells• Inside the nucleus• During the interphase

Replication

Occurs withing the prokaryotic cells in thr cytoplasm

Replication.

• Undwinds the DNA replication fork.

Helicase

Dna to rna to protein is the simplified definition of

Central dogma

The central dogma is where the dNA ____ data to mrna to ____ it to become protein

Transcripts, translatw

• Synthesizes RNA primers complementary to the DNA strand.• Primers are synthesized from ribonucleoside triphosphates nu to?

Primase

• Seals the gaps between DNA fragments.


Ligase

• Coat the DNA around the replication fork to prevent rewinding of the DNA.

Single-strand binding proteins (SSBPs)

• Found at the region ahead of the replication fork to prevent supercoiling.

Topoisomerase

3 models of dna

Conservative, semicon, dispersive

The process of making an mRNA copy of a gene’s DNA sequence.


Transcription

• The messenger RNA (mRNA), carries the gene’s protein information encoded in DNA.



Anong processes to

Transcriptiom

• In humans and other complex organisms, mRNA moves from the cell nucleus to the cell cytoplasm, where it is used for synthesizing the encoded protein. Ano ito?

Transcription

A DNA sequence that indicates where a genetic sequence can be read and decoded.

Tata box

, which specifies to other molecules where transcription begins.


promoter sequence

Many eukaryotic genes have a conserved TATA box located 25-35 base pairs before the transcription start site of a gene t or f

T

An enzyme responsible for copying a DNA sequence into an RNA sequence during transcription.• A complex molecule composed of protein subunits.• The number and composition of these proteins vary across taxa.

RNA ploymerase

• Proteins that bind to the TATA box and recruit an RNA polymerase to the site.

Transcription factors

Tranacribes for mRNA

RNA Polymerase II

Gene transcription for mRNA RNA Polymerase ___


2

• Codes for short non-coding RNAs like: tRNA, and 5S rRNA, wat RNA Polymerase?

3

The _____process replaces the Guanine triphosphate group with another structure called the "cap".


capping

The cap is added by the enzyme.... . This enzyme catalyzes the reaction between the 5' end of the RNA transcript and a guanine triphosphate (GTP) molecule.

guanyl transferase

Mrna vs trna vs rrna

Mrna transfers data encodes proteins



Trna adaptor b/w mrna and amino acids



Rrna forms the ribosome

A. - - - - is a change in the DNA sequence of an Mutations can result from errors in DNA replication division, exposure to mutagens or a viral infection.

mutation

Nitrogenous bases types

Purines, pyrimidines

Types of purines

Adenine, guanine

Types of pyrimidines

Thymine cytosine uracil

Parts of nucleic acid

Phosphate sugar base

Base of rna

Uracil

Bases of dna

CGAT

Sugar of dna

Deoxyribose

A binds to


G binds to

T, C

Attraction bw ions

Ionic bonds

Joins atoms into molecule trough electorn

Covalent

When bonded atoms share electron

Non polar covslent

Where Electorns are unequally bonded atoms

Polar covalent

Weakbinds in chem

Hydrogen bonds

2 types of mixture

Solute suspension

Other name of acid

Alkali

Other name of base

Alkaline

Forms H+ ions

Acid

Forms OH or hydroxide ions

Base

0 is acidic t or f

T

The acidity scalw is a factor of

Ten

Balances to keep ph stable

Buffer

Body most important buffer

Bicarbonate,

Bicabonate maintains... in bloood

Homostasis

Chargaff rule

The total amount of purines will usually be nwarly equal to pyrimidines





The total amount of purines and the amount of pyrimidines are usually near equal

Chargaffs rule


In 1947, The Nottingham team: ______ studied DNAs and theirstructure.


Gulland, et al., and Creeth, et al.,

• It was found out that by altering the pH, the viscosity of the fluids of samples were also altered.


DNA

is lower whensubjected to either extremelybasic or acidic pH.

• Viscosity

Amount of guanine approximates the amount of



Cytosine

The total amount of purines and the amount of pyrimidines are usually...



Near equal

______ research was vital to the later work of Watson and Crick, but he cr himself could not imagine the explanation of these relationships--specifically, that A bound to T and C bound to G within the molecular structure of DNA

Chargaff's

No of Adenine is equal to

#a = #t

Number of guanine is equal to

#g =#c

Alabyu

Aylabyu tu mwa

If deoxyribose wasnt the sugar of dna, or deoxyribose is also known as

Deoxypentose

backbone on the outside held together by hydrogen bonds

sugar (deoxypentose)-phosphate

Made up of double stranded polynucleotides.

Dna

Sugars found in sugar-phosphate backbones are bound by .

phosphodiester linkages

Result of errors in dna replication


Exposure to mutagens or infections

Mutations

Change in a dna sequence

Mutations

Number of hydrogen bonds in AT base pairs

2

No of hydrogen bonds in CG base pairs

3

Forms of dna

A form B form Z form

The most common form of dna

B form

Form of dna for most organisms

B forn

the Watson–Crick form of the double helix that most people are familiar with.

B form

A way to view the dna without a microscope

X-ray diffraction crystallography

X ray diffraction crystallography inventor

Rosalindt Franklin

Pyrimidines

Cytosine Thyamine uracil

Purines

Adenosine Guanine

Chargaffs rule

Purines will always be near equal to pyrimidines

Purines will always be near equal to pyrimidines

Chargaffs rule

The creator of chargaffs rule

Erwin Chargaff

Adenosine guanine are

Purines

Transcribes for rRNA

Rna Polymerase I

Transcribes for RNA Polymerase

Codes for short non-coding RNAs

Non coding strand.

Template strand

Coding strand

Complementary strand

Upstream

5'

Direction of transcription

5'-3'

,


is synthesized in short, discontinuous segments called Okazaki fragments in the 5' to 3' direction away from the replication fork..

the lagging strand

is the process by which a cell makes an identical copy of its DNA.

DNA REPLICATION

is involved in removing the RNA primers and filling in the gaps.

DNA polymerase I

is synthesized continuously in the 5' to 3' direction,

The leading strand

while the lagging strand is synthesized in short, discontinuous segments called... in the 5' to 3' direction away from the replication fork.

Okazaki fragments

are short, discontinuous segments of DNA that are synthesized on the lagging strand during replication.

Okazaki fragments

is the enzyme that catalyzes the addition of nucleotides to the growing DNA chain during replication.

DNA polymerase

The three steps of DNA replication

are initiation, elongation, and termination.

is the main polymerase responsible for DNA synthesis during replication

DNA polymerase III

Okuzaki strands are joined together by... to form a continuous strand.

DNA ligase

is the enzyme that seals the gaps between the Okazaki fragments on the lagging strand by catalyzing the formation of phosphodiester bonds.

DNA ligase

DNA ligase catalyzes the formation of

phosphodiester bonds

the enzyme that catalyzes the addition of nucleotides to the growing DNA chain during replication

DNA polymerase

is the main polymerase responsible for DNA synthesis during replication,

DNA polymerase III

Enzyme that is involved in removing the RNA primers and filling in the gaps.

DNA polymerase I

The leading strand is synthesized continuously in what direction

5' to 3' direction