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New FA Biochem 1

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What does it mean for genetic code to be commaless?   Read from a fixed starting point as a continuous sequence of bases  
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What does it mean for genetic code to be non-overlapping?   Read from a fixed starting point  
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What does it mean for genetic code to be universal?   Genetic code is conserved throughout evolution  
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What are the properties of the genetic code?   1. Unambiguous. 2. Degenerate/redundant. 3. Commaless/nonoverlapping 4. Universal  
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When is genetic code not commaless/nonoverlapping?   In some viruses  
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What are exceptions to universality of genetic code?   1. Mitochondria 2. Archaebacteria 3. Mycoplasma 4. Some yeasts  
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Name that mutation: Same amino acid, often with a base change in 3rd position of codon   Silent mutation  
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What kind of mutation is called: silent   Same amino acid, often with a base change in 3rd position of codon  
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What mutation is masked by tRNA wobble?   Silent mutations  
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Name that mutation: Changed amino acid whose structure is dissimilar to proper amino acid   Missense mutation (not conservative)  
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Name that mutation: Changed amino acid whose structure is similar to proper amino acid   Conservative missense mutation  
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What kind of mutation is called: missense   Amino acid is changed. If the structure of the new amino acid is similar to the original, it is called conservative.  
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Name that mutation: Change resulting in early stop codon   Nonsense mutation (Mnemonic: Stop the nonsense!)  
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What kind of mutation is called: nonsense   Change resulting in early stop codon (Mnemonic: Stop the nonsense!)  
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Name that mutation: change resulting in misreading of all nucleotides downstream, usually resulting in a truncated protein   Frame shift mutation  
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What kind of mutation is called: frameshift   change resulting in misreading of all nucleotides downstream, usually resulting in a truncated protein  
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Mutations ordered by decreasing severity of damage   1. Nonsense 2. Missense 3. Silent  
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Eukaryotic genome: single/multiple origins of replication   multiple  
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Prokaryotic genome: single/multiple origins of replication   single  
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Eukaryotic genome: Trigger for replication   Consensus sequence of AT-rich base pairs  
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Prokaryotic genome: Describe DNA replication   Continuous bidirectional DNA synthesis on leading strand and discontinuous (Okazaki fragments) on lagging strand  
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Enzyme function: DNA topoisomerases   Create a nick in the helix to relieve supercoils  
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DNA Topoisomerase I: Mechanism   cuts one strand, passes the other through it then reanneals the cut strand  
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DNA Topoisomerase II: Mechanism   cuts both strands, and passes an unbroken double strand through it then reanneals the cut strand  
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Enzyme function: Primase   Makes an RNA primer on which DNA polymerase III can initiate replication  
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DNA polymerase III: Mechanism   1. Adds deoxynucleotides to the 3' end until it reaches primer of preceding fragment 2. 3' to 5' exonuclease activity "proofreads" each added nucleotide  
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DNA polymerase III: Which direction does it read?   3' to 5'  
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DNA polymerase III: Which direction does it write?   5' to 3'  
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DNA polymerase III: Which direction does it proofread?   3' to 5'  
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Enzyme function: DNA polymerase III   Elongates the chain  
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Enzyme function: DNA polymerase I   Degrades RNA primer and fills in the gap with DNA  
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DNA polymerase I: Which direction does it read?   3' to 5'  
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DNA polymerase I: Which direction does it write?   5' to 3'  
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DNA polymerase I: Which direction does it proofread?   5' to 3'  
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Enzyme function: DNA helicase   Separates the two strands of DNA into single strands allowing for replication to occur. The position of these separated strands is called the replication fork.  
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Types of DNA repair - Single stranded:   1. Nucleotide excision repair 2. Base excision repair 3. Mismatch Repair  
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Types of DNA repair - Double stranded:   1. Nonhomologous end joining  
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Nucleotide excision repair: Mechanism   1. Specific endonucleases release the oligonucleotide containing damaged bases 2. DNA polymerase and ligase fill and reseal the gap, respectively  
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In what condition is nucleotide excision repair mutated?   Xeroderma pigmentosa (dry skin with melanoma and other cancers)  
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Base excision repair: Mechanism   1. Specific glycosylases recognize and remove damaged bases 2. AP endonuclease cuts DNA at apyrimidinic site 3. Empty sugar is removed 4. Gap is refilled and resealed  
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Mismatch repair: Mechanism   1. Unmethylated, newly synthesized string is recognized 2. Mismatched nucleotides are removed 3. Gap is refilled and resealed  
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In what condition is mismatch excision repair mutated?   Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colon Cancer  
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Nonhomologous end joining: Mechanism   Brings together two ends of DNA fragments (no requirement for homology)  
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Define operator of gene expression   Site where repressors bind  
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