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Chapter 17~ From Gene to Protein

Protein Synthesis: overview ■







One gene-one enzyme hypothesis (Beadle and Tatum) One gene-one polypeptide (protein) hypothesis Transcription: synthesis of RNA under the direction of DNA (mRNA) Translation: actual synthesis of a polypeptide under the direction of mRNA

The Triplet Code ■

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The genetic instructions for a polypeptide chain are ‘written’ in the DNA as a series of 3-nucleotide ‘words’ Codons ‘U’ (uracil) replaces ‘T’ in RNA

Transcription, I ■







RNA polymerase: pries DNA apart and hooks RNA nucleotides together from the DNA code Promoter region on DNA: where RNA polymerase attaches and where initiation of RNA begins Terminator region: sequence that signals the end of transcription Transcription unit: stretch of DNA transcribed into an RNA molecule

Transcription, II ■





Initiation~ transcription factors mediate the binding of RNA polymerase to an initiation sequence (TATA box) Elongation~ RNA polymerase continues unwinding DNA and adding nucleotides to the 3’ end Termination~ RNA polymerase reaches terminator sequence

Transcription: overview

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mRNA modification ■





1) 5’ cap: modified guanine; protection; recognition site for ribosomes 2) 3’ tail: poly(A) tail (adenine); protection; recognition; transport 3) RNA splicing: exons (expressed sequences) kept,introns (intervening sequences) spliced out; spliceosome

Translation, I ■



mRNA from nucleus is ‘read’ along its codons by tRNA’s anticodons at the ribosome tRNA anticodon (nucleotide triplet); amino acid

Translation, II ■

rRNA site of mRNA codon & tRNA anticodon coupling



P site holds the tRNA carrying the growing polypeptide chain



A site holds the tRNA carrying the next amino acid to be added to the chain



E site discharged tRNA’s

Translation, III ■

Initiation~ union of mRNA, tRNA, small ribosomal subunit; followed by large subunit



Elongation~ •codon recognition •peptide bond formation •translocation



Termination~ ‘stop’ codon reaches ‘A’ site



Polyribosomes: translation of mRNA by many ribosomes (many copies of a polypeptide very quickly)

Translation

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Mutations: genetic material changes in a cell ■ ■







Point mutations…. Changes in 1 or a few base pairs in a single gene Base-pair substitutions: •silent mutations no effect on protein •missense ∆ to a different amino acid (different protein) •nonsense ∆ to a stop codon and a nonfunctional protein Base-pair insertions or deletions: additions or losses of nucleotide pairs in a gene; alters the ‘reading frame’ of triplets~frameshift mutation Mutagens: physical and chemical agents that change

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