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Fundamental Genetics Lecture 10

DNA Replication and Synthesis John Donnie A. Ramos, Ph.D. Dept. of Biological Sciences College of Science University of Santo Tomas

The Flow of Biological Information Replication DNA

Transcription RNA

Translation Protein

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Modes of DNA Replication

Semiconservative Replication

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Semiconservative Replication in Prokaryotes ‰ Mathew Messelson and Franklin Stahl (1958) ‰

15N

– heavy isotope of N (contains 1 more neutron) compared to 14N

‰

15N

has high sedimentation rate in cesium chloride compared to 14N

Semiconservative Replication in Prokaryotes ‰ Expected results of the Messelson-Stahl experiment

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Semiconservative Replication in Eukaryotes ‰ J. Herbert Taylor, Philip Woods, and Walter Hughes (1957) ‰ Used root tip cells from Vicia faba (broad bean) ‰ Monitored replication using 3H-Thymidine to label DNA ‰ Used autoradiography to determine the incorporation of 3H-Thymidine ‰ Arrested cells at metaphase using colchicine

Replication of E. coli Plasmid ‰ Shown by John Cairns (1981) using radioisotopes and radiography ‰ Replication starts in a single OriC – origin of replication (245 bp) ‰ Replication is bidirectional ‰ Replication fork – unwound DNA helix ‰ Replicon – replicated DNA ‰ Ter region – region of replication termination

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DNA Synthesis in Microorganisms ‰ DNA polymerase I (928 aa) – catalyses the synthesis of DNA in vitro (A. Kornberg, 1957) ‰ Requirements: ‰ Deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates, dNTPs (dATP, dCTP, dGTP, dTTP) ‰ DNA template ‰ Primer

Chain Elongation ‰ 5’ to 3’ direction of DNA synthesis (requires 3’ end of the DNA template) ‰ Each step incorporates free 3’ OH group for further elongation

‰ DNA replication using DNA polymerase is of high fidelity (highly accurate) ‰ With exonuclease activity (proofreading ability)

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DNA Polymerases ‰ All 3 types requires a primer ‰ Complex proteins (100,000 Da) Functions of DNA polymerases in vivo ‰ DNA Pol I – proofreading; removes primers and fills gaps ‰ DNA Pol II - mainly involved in DNA repair from external damage ‰ DNA Pol III – main enzyme involved in DNA synthesis ‰ a holoenzyme (>600,000 Da) – forms replisome when attached to a replication fork.

Replication in Prokaryotes 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Unwinding of DNA helix Initiation of DNA synthesis DNA synthesis proper (elongation) Sealing gaps Proofreading and error correction

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Unwinding of DNA Helix ‰ Takes place in oriC (245 bp) – repeating 9mers and 13mers

‰ Function of helicases (Dna A, B, C) – requires ATP hydrolysis to break hydrogen bonds

‰ Initiated by Dna A – binds to 9mers ‰ Binding of Dna B and Dna C to unwound helix

‰ Single-stranded binding proteins (SSBPs) – prevents reannealing of replication bubble.

‰ DNA gyrase (a DNA topoisomerase) – relaxes the supercoiling of DNA helix

Initiation of DNA Synthesis

‰ Synthesis of RNA primer – 5 to 15 RNA bases complementary to the DNA template

‰ Catalysed by primase (an RNA polymerase) ‰ Pimase does not require free 3’ end to initiate synthesis (not unlike DNA polymerase III)

‰ Function of primase will be continued by DNA polymerase III.

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DNA Synthesis (Elongation) ‰ Function of DNA polymerase III ‰ Requires free 3’ end ‰ Direction of elongation: 5’ to 3’ ‰ DNA synthesis is continuous in 3’ to 5’

DNA strand (leading strand) and discontinuous in the 5’ to 3’ DNA strand (lagging strand).

‰ Okazaki fragments – short DNA

fragments produced in the lagging strand

‰ Concurrent synthesis of leading and

lagging strands occur by using DNA pol dimer and by a looping mechanism for the lagging strand

Sealing of Gaps, Proofreading and Error Correction ‰ DNA polymerase I removes all RNA bases produced

by primase (creates gaps in the lagging strand) and replaces it with DNA bases (U to T).

‰ DNA ligase seals the gaps by forming phosphodiester bonds

‰ Exonuclease proofreading (identification of

mismatched bases) is a function of both DNA polemerase I and III (both with 3’-5’ exonuclease activity)

‰ ε subunit of DNA polymerase III is involved in proofreading.

‰ Assures high fidelity of DNA replication

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Mutations Affect Replication

Replication in Eukaryotes ‰ Presence of multiple replication origin

(faster replication, guarantees replication of a big genome) – 25K replicons in mammalian cells

‰ Autonomously replicating sequences

(ARSs) – origin of replication in yeasts (11 bp)

‰ Origin site is AT rich region ‰ Helicase unwinds double stranded DNA

and removes histone proteins from DNA

‰ Histones reassociates while DNA synthesis occurs.

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Eukaryotic DNA Polymerases ‰ Pol α - initiates nuclear DNA synthesis ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰

4 subunits (2 acts primase – produces RNA primers) Acts on both leading and lagging strands 2 other subunits continue elongation step (DNA synthesis) Low processivity (short length of synthesized DNA prior to dissociation)

‰ Pol δ - replaces Pol α (called polymerase switching) ‰ High processivity (during elongation) ‰ With 3’-5’ exonuclease activity (proofreading)

‰ Pol ε - nuclear DNA synthesis ‰ Pol β - DNA repair (the only eukaryotic DNA polymerase with single ‰ ‰

subunit) Pol ξ - DNA repair Pol γ - mitochondrial DNA synthesis (encoded by nuclear gene)

‰ Eukaryotes has a high copy number of DNA polymerases (ex. Pol α may be up to 50K copies)

Eukaryotic DNA Replication ‰ Telomeres – linear ends of eukaryotic chromosomes

‰ Problem with lagging

strand: no 3’ needed by DNA polymerase I (after removal of RNA primers)

‰ Possible result:

chromosome with shorter lagging strand every replication step

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Telomerase ‰ Enzyme that adds TTGGGG

repeats on the telomeres (first identified in Tetrahymena)

‰ Prevents shortening of chromosomes

‰ Forms a “hairpin loop” on

chromosome ends using G-G bonds

‰ Creates a free 3’ on lagging

strand that can be used by DNA polymerase I to replaced the removed RNA primer

‰ Telomerase is a

ribonucleoprotein and contains RNA sequence (5’ AACCCC 3”serving as template) – reverse transcriptase

‰ Cleavage of loop after DNA synthesis

DNA

Recombination ‰ Exchange of genetic material ‰ Homologous recombination

‰ Ex. Rec A protein (produces recB, recC and recD genes)

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Gene Conversion ‰ Exchange of genetic information between non-homologous chromosomes

‰ Type of chromosome mutation (recombination) ‰ First identified in Neurospora (by Mary Mitchell) ‰ Can be repaired but forms recombined genetic material

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