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Where does replication begin along a chromosome or plasmid?
origin of replication
Whose experiments lead to the finding that the replication fork was bi-directional?
Cairns
In Cairns experiment he observed tritium labeled ___________ was incorporated into ______ loops durind DNA replication in bacteria.
thymidine, two
In Cairns "pulse-chase" experiments he revealed that ___________ of the replication fork was ____________.
movement, bi-directional
Which image is correct?
Which image is correct?
the bi-directional one
How would you perform a "pulse chase" experiment?
In biochemistry and molecular biology, a pulse-chase analysis is a method for examining a cellular process occurring over time by successively exposing the cells to a labeled compound (pulse) and then to the same compound in an unlabeled form (chase). Radioactivity is a commonly used label.
Whose experiments concluded that chromosomes or plasmids have an origin of replication?
Inman's experiments
Inman's experiments used denaturation loops as reference marks on plasmids called ____________ ___________.
denaturation mapping
Inman concluded that for a given plasmid, replication ____________ at the same place every time. What is this called?
originated, point of origin of replication
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DNA replication requires an unpaired _________ to copy, or what is called a __________ strand.
template, parent
DNA replication requires a primer to provide a free ______.
3' OH
DNA replication can add only onto the 3' OH so the strand always grows in a ____________ direction.
5'--->3'
Draw the DNA polymerase reaction mechanism. Include the amino acids involved and the metal ions.
The primers used to start DNA synthesis are created by the enzyme ______________>
primase
Primers created from primase are RNA/DNA?
RNA
The primers used to start DNA synthesis are small ____ fragments, which are ________ nucleotides in length.
RNA, 1-60
Primase primers are ultimately (in the end of DNA synthesis) ____________, and replaced with _______.
hydorlyzed, DNA
Which replication strand needs multiple primers?
Lagging strand
In E. coli the error rate in DNA synthesis is about 1 per __________ nucleotides incorporated into DNA.
10^9-10^10
The level of fidelity of E. coli DNA polymerase is insured by the ability of the enzyme to discriminate between __________ and __________ base pairing.
correct, incorrect
This question is for E. coli DNA polymerase.
This question is for E. coli DNA polymerase.
When a nuclease hydrolyzes DNA/RNA it can yield what kind of ends?
Exonucleases hydrolyze from ____________________ of the nucleic strand.
one end or the other
Can an exonuclease hydrolyze from either end of the nucleic strand?
yes
Exonucleases act on _________ strand and ___________ strand DNA/RNA.
single, double
Endonucleases hydrolyze from ___________ the strand.
within
Restriction __________ are used in cloning to cut the dsDNA.
endonucleases
DNA polymerases have nuclease activities for what functions?
proofreading function, repair function
The proofreading function of DNA polymerases does what?
corrects immediate errors in replication by acting as a 3'--->5' exonuclease
The repair function of DNA polymerases does what?
corrects errors that lie ahead of the replication fork acting as a 5'----->3' exonuclease.
The proofreading function and the repair function use what kind of nuclease?
exonuclease
What strand direction does the proofreading function work?
3'--->5'
What strand direction does the repair function work?
5'---->3'
Define nick translation?
DNA poly1 is a ___________ polypeptide?
single
DNA helicase use the energy derived from _____ hydrolysis to _______ and ________ alond dsDNA.
ATP, unwind, translocate
The DnaB helicase of E. coli is a __________ structure with each subunit containing its own _______ domain.
homohexameric, ATPase
homohexameric, ATPase
DNA helicases have a ________ effect, one subunit _______ when bound to ATP, while the next subunit _________ when bound to ADP.
rotary
grabs
pulls
rotary
grabs
pulls
The rotary effect of a DNA helicase pushes one strand thru the _______, and one strand ________ ________ _______.
center of the enzyme, around the outside
center of the enzyme, around the outside
Coordination between adjacent subunits causes an ATP _________ cycle that pulls ssDNA through the __________ of the enzyme structure.
hydrolysis, hole in the center
All enzymes and proteins associated with DNA/RNA replication is called the?
Replisome
This man isolated DNA pol1 from E.coli in 1955.
This man isolated DNA pol1 from E.coli in 1955.
Arthur Kornberg
After complete characterization of DNA pol1 it was realized or suggested that DNApol1 __________ be the only DNA polymerase involved in replication.
can not
What were three characteristics of DNApol1 that Arthur Kornberg stated that led to his suggestion of more than one DNA polymerase?
What does high and low processivity mean?
low processivity means that the polymerase frequently falls off and must rebind to the nucleic acid.

high processivity is a result of not losing this transition time of being off and on the nucleic acid
DNA pol3 has how many subunits?
10 different types of subunits
DNApol3 is considered fast due to high ____________.
processivity
DNApol3 lacks a nuclease activity, name it.
It can proofread, but has no nick repair
It can proofread, but has no nick repair
_____________ is the principle replication DNA polymerase in E.coli.
DNApol3
Mutations in DNApol1 are __________, but mutations in DNApol3 are __________.
unlethal, lethal
What is the functions of the core subunits of DNApol3?
polymerization of the nucleotides, 3'-->5' proofreading exonuclease, stabilization of the proofreading subunit
What is DnaB?
helicase for DNApol3
What is the function of the clamp loading complex of DNApol3?
Stable template binding, core enzyme dimerization, clamp loader, clamp opener
Compare and contrast DNApol1 with DNApol3.
What is a Klenow fragment?
The Klenow fragment is a large protein fragment produced when DNA polymerase I from E. coli is enzymatically cleaved by the protease subtilisin. First reported in 1970,[1] it retains the 5'-3' polymerase activity and the 3’ → 5’ exonuclease activity for removal of precoding nucleotides and proofreading, but loses its 5' → 3' exonuclease activity.
___________ experiments used denaturation mapping and concluded that for a given plasmid, the replication originated at _________________. He then call this ________________.
Inman, the same place every time, point of origin
In E.coli the specific site of the origin is _______. This site is a ______bp sequence.
oriC, 245
___________ binds to the oriC DNA sequence causing the DUE site to separate.
DnaA-ATP
DnaA-ATP bind to the oriC DNA sequence causing an adjacent 45 bp to separate. What is the site where the separation occurs called?
DUE DNA unwinding element
DnaA-ATP binding at the oriC site occurs only when both strand of ______ sequences are fully ___________________.
GATC, methylated at N6 of adenine.
DnaA-ATP binds to R- and I- sites in the origin and induces ___________________.
supercoiling
____________ binds to R- and I- sites in the origin and induces supercoiling.
DnaA-ATP
What happens as a result of DnaA-ATP inducing supercoiling in the oriC site?
The DUE (DNA unwinding element) separates to relieve the torsional stress.
What enzyme binds to and opens the DnaB helicase and loads one enzyme onto each of the separated DUE strands?
DnaC-ATP
What enzyme generates an RNA primer on each separated strand at the DUE?
DnaG primase
Which enzyme binds to the loaded DnaB helicases?
DNA polymeraseIII holoenzyme
DnaA is active when bound to ______ and inactive when bound to _______.
DnaA is active when bound to ______ and inactive when bound to _______.
ATP, ADP
ATP, ADP
The full methylation of the GATC sequences at oriC is called?
DAM methylation
Where on the GATC sequences of oriC does methylatio happen?
N6 of adenine
___________ is the only phase of DNA replication that is thought to be regulated.
Initiation
___________ levels are regulated throughout the cell cycle and peak around the start of replication
DnaA-ATP
DnaA-ATP levels are regulated throughout the cellc ycle and peak around the ___________________.
start of replication
Loading of the DNA polymerase3 complex stimulates hydrolysis of ___________ to ___________.
DnaA-ATP to DnaA-ADP
Hydrolysis of DnaA-ATP results in the ______________________. (long answer)
disassembly of the DnaA complex at the origin
What event stimulates the hydrolysis of DnaA-ATP?
the loading of the DNApol3 holoenzyme
The conversion of DnaA-ADP back to DnaA-ATP takes a lot of time resulting in?
a sufficient lag to allow replication to completeR
Replication creates new sites for ___________ binding that lie outside of the origin, effectively titrating away ____________.
DnaA-ATP
Conversion of the __________________ strands that result from replication back to fully methylated strand takes time.
hemimethylated
The left over nick is repaired by?
The left over nick is repaired by?
DNA ligase
DNA ligase catalyzes formation of __________ bond by using _______. (only in E.coli)
phosphodiester, NAD+
Name this molecule.
Name this molecule.
NAD+