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Transcript of Chapter 18
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PowerPoint Lectures for Biology, Seventh Edition
Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Lectures by Chris Romero
Chapter 18Chapter 18
The Genetics of Virusesand Bacteria
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Overview: Microbial Model Systems
• Viruses called bacteriophages can infect and set in motion a genetic takeover of bacteria, such as Escherichia coli
• E. coli and its viruses are called model systems because of their frequent use by researchers in studies that reveal broad biological principles
• Beyond their value as model systems, viruses and bacteria have unique genetic mechanisms that are interesting in their own right
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• Bacteria are prokaryotes with cells much smaller and more simply organized than those of eukaryotes
• Viruses are smaller and simpler than bacteria
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Concept 18.1: A virus has a genome but can reproduce only within a host cell
• Scientists detected viruses indirectly long before they could see them
• The story of how viruses were discovered begins in the late 1800s
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The Discovery of Viruses: Scientific Inquiry
• Tobacco mosaic disease stunts growth of tobacco plants and gives their leaves a mosaic coloration
• In the late 1800s, researchers hypothesized that a particle smaller than bacteria caused the disease
• In 1935, Wendell Stanley confirmed this hypothesis by crystallizing the infectious particle, now known as tobacco mosaic virus (TMV)
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Structure of Viruses
• Viruses are not cells
• Viruses are very small infectious particles consisting of nucleic acid enclosed in a protein coat and, in some cases, a membranous envelope
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Viral Genomes
• Viral genomes may consist of
– Double- or single-stranded DNA
– Double- or single-stranded RNA
• Depending on its type of nucleic acid, a virus is called a DNA virus or an RNA virus
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Capsids and Envelopes
• A capsid is the protein shell that encloses the viral genome
• A capsid can have various structures
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• Some viruses have structures have membranous envelopes that help them infect hosts
• These viral envelopes surround the capsids of influenza viruses and many other viruses found in animals
• Viral envelopes, which are derived from the host cell’s membrane, contain a combination of viral and host cell molecules
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Glycoprotein
80–200 nm (diameter)
RNA
Capsid
Influenza viruses50 nm
Membranousenvelope
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• Bacteriophages, also called phages, are viruses that infect bacteria
• They have the most complex capsids found among viruses
• Phages have an elongated capsid head that encloses their DNA
• A protein tailpiece attaches the phage to the host and injects the phage DNA inside
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General Features of Viral Reproductive Cycles
• Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites, which means they can reproduce only within a host cell
• Each virus has a host range, a limited number of host cells that it can infect
• Viruses use enzymes, ribosomes, and small host molecules to synthesize progeny viruses
Animation: Simplified Viral Reproductive Cycle
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DNAVIRUS
Capsid
HOST CELL
Viral DNA
Replication
Entry into cell anduncoating of DNA
Transcription
Viral DNA
mRNA
Capsidproteins
Self-assembly ofnew virus particlesand their exit from cell
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Reproductive Cycles of Phages
• Phages are the best understood of all viruses
• Phages have two reproductive mechanisms: the lytic cycle and the lysogenic cycle
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The Lytic Cycle
• The lytic cycle is a phage reproductive cycle that culminates in the death of the host cell
• The lytic cycle produces new phages and digests the host’s cell wall, releasing the progeny viruses
• A phage that reproduces only by the lytic cycle is called a virulent phage
• Bacteria have defenses against phages, including restriction enzymes that recognize and cut up certain phage DNA
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Attachment
Entry of phage DNAand degradation of host DNA
Synthesis of viralgenomes and proteins
Assembly
ReleasePhage assembly
Head Tails Tail fibers
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Animation: Phage T4 Lytic Cycle
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The Lysogenic Cycle
• The lysogenic cycle replicates the phage genome without destroying the host
• The viral DNA molecule is incorporated by genetic recombination into the host cell’s chromosome
• This integrated viral DNA is known as a prophage
• Every time the host divides, it copies the phage DNA and passes the copies to daughter cells
• Phages that use both the lytic and lysogenic cycles are called temperate phages
Animation: Phage Lambda Lysogenic and Lytic Cycles
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Phage
Phage DNA
The phage attaches to ahost cell and injects its DNA.
Phage DNAcircularizes
Bacterial chromosome
Lytic cycle
The cell lyses, releasing phages.Lytic cycleis induced
or Lysogenic cycleis entered
Certain factorsdetermine whether
Lysogenic cycle
Occasionally, a prophageexits the bacterial chromosome,initiating a lytic cycle.
The bacterium reproducesnormally, copying the prophageand transmitting it to daughter cells.
Prophage
Many cell divisionsproduce a large population of bacteria infected withthe prophage.
Daughter cellwith prophage
Phage DNA integrates into thebacterial chromosomes, becoming aprophage.
New phage DNA and proteins aresynthesized and assembled into phages.
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Reproductive Cycles of Animal Viruses
• Two key variables in classifying viruses that infect animals:
– DNA or RNA?
– Single-stranded or double-stranded?
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Class/Family Envelope Examples/Disease
I. Double-stranded DNA (dsDNA)
Adenovirus No Respiratory diseases, animal tumors
Papovavirus No Papillomavirus (warts, cervical cancer): polyomavirus (animal tumors)
Herpesvirus Yes Herpes simplex I and II (cold sores, genital sores); varicella zoster (shingles, chicken pox); Epstein-Barr virus (mononucleosis, Burkitt’s lymphoma)
Poxvirus Yes Smallpox virus, cowpox virus
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Class/Family Envelope Examples/Disease
II. Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA)
Parvovirus No B19 parvovirus (mild rash)
III. Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)
Reovirus No Rotavirus (diarrhea), Colorado tick fever virus
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Class/Family Envelope Examples/Disease
IV. Single-stranded RNA (ssRNA); serves as mRNA
Picornavirus No Rhinovirus (common cold); poliovirus, hepatitis A virus, and other enteric (intestinal) viruses
Coronavirus Yes Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
Flavivirus Yes Yellow fever virus, West Nile virus, hepatitis C virus
Togavirus Yes Rubella virus, equine encephalitis viruses
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Class/Family Envelope Examples/Disease
V. ssRNA; template for mRNA synthesis
Filovirus Yes Ebola virus (hemorrhagic fever)
Orthomyxovirus Yes Influenza virus
Paramyxovirus Yes Measles virus; mumps virus
Rhabdovirus Yes Rabies virus
VI. ssRNA; template for DNA synthesis
Retrovirus Yes HIV (AIDS); RNA tumor viruses (leukemia)
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Viral Envelopes
• Many viruses that infect animals have a membranous envelope
• Viral glycoproteins on the envelope bind to specific receptor molecules on the surface of a host cell
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RNA
ER
Capsid
HOST CELL
Viral genome (RNA)
mRNA
Capsidproteins
Envelope (withglycoproteins)
Glyco-proteins Copy of
genome (RNA)
Capsid and viral genomeenter cell
New virus
Template
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RNA as Viral Genetic Material
• The broadest variety of RNA genomes is found in viruses that infect animals
• Retroviruses use reverse transcriptase to copy their RNA genome into DNA
• HIV is the retrovirus that causes AIDS
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• The viral DNA that is integrated into the host genome is called a provirus
• Unlike a prophage, a provirus remains a permanent resident of the host cell
• The host’s RNA polymerase transcribes the proviral DNA into RNA molecules
• The RNA molecules function both as mRNA for synthesis of viral proteins and as genomes for new virus particles released from the cell
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HOST CELL
ReversetranscriptionViral RNA
RNA-DNAhybrid
DNA
NUCLEUS
ChromosomalDNA
Provirus
RNA genomefor thenext viralgeneration
mRNA
New HIV leaving a cell
HIV entering a cell
0.25 µm
HIVMembrane ofwhite blood cell
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Animation: HIV Reproductive Cycle
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Evolution of Viruses
• Viruses do not fit our definition of living organisms
• Since viruses can reproduce only within cells, they probably evolved as bits of cellular nucleic acid
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Concept 18.2: Viruses, viroids, and prions are formidable pathogens in animals and plants
• Diseases caused by viral infections affect humans, agricultural crops, and livestock worldwide
• Smaller, less complex entities called viroids and prions also cause disease in plants and animals
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Viral Diseases in Animals
• Viruses may damage or kill cells by causing the release of hydrolytic enzymes from lysosomes
• Some viruses cause infected cells to produce toxins that lead to disease symptoms
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• Vaccines are harmless derivatives of pathogenic microbes that stimulate the immune system to mount defenses against the actual pathogen
• Vaccines can prevent certain viral illnesses
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Emerging Viruses
• Emerging viruses are those that appear suddenly or suddenly come to the attention of scientists
• Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) recently appeared in China
• Outbreaks of “new” viral diseases in humans are usually caused by existing viruses that expand their host territory
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Young ballet students in HongKong wear face masks toprotect themselves from thevirus causing SARS.
The SARS-causing agent is acoronavirus like this one(colorized TEM), so named forthe “corona” of glyco-proteinspikes protruding form theenvelope.
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Viral Diseases in Plants
• More than 2,000 types of viral diseases of plants are known
• Some symptoms are spots on leaves and fruits, stunted growth, and damaged flowers or roots
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• Plant viruses spread disease in two major modes:
– Horizontal transmission, entering through damaged cell walls
– Vertical transmission, inheriting the virus from a parent
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Viroids and Prions: The Simplest Infectious Agents
• Viroids are circular RNA molecules that infect plants and disrupt their growth
• Prions are slow-acting, virtually indestructible infectious proteins that cause brain diseases in mammals
• Prions propagate by converting normal proteins into the prion version
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Concept 18.3: Rapid reproduction, mutation, and genetic recombination contribute to the genetic diversity of bacteria
• Bacteria allow researchers to investigate molecular genetics in the simplest true organisms
• The well-studied intestinal bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli) is “the laboratory rat of molecular biology”
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The Bacterial Genome and Its Replication
• The bacterial chromosome is usually a circular DNA molecule with few associated proteins
• Many bacteria also have plasmids, smaller circular DNA molecules that can replicate independently of the chromosome
• Bacterial cells divide by binary fission, which is preceded by replication of the chromosome
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Mutation and Genetic Recombination as Sources of Genetic Variation
• Since bacteria can reproduce rapidly, new mutations quickly increase genetic diversity
• More genetic diversity arises by recombination of DNA from two different bacterial cells
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Mutantstrain
arg+ trp–
Mutantstrain
arg+ trp–
Mixture
Mixture
Nocolonies(control)
Nocolonies(control)
Coloniesgrew
Mutantstrain
arg– trp+
Mutantstrain
arg– trp+
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Mechanisms of Gene Transfer and Genetic Recombination in Bacteria
• Three processes bring bacterial DNA from different individuals together:
– Transformation
– Transduction
– Conjugation
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Transformation
• Transformation is the alteration of a bacterial cell’s genotype and phenotype by the uptake of naked, foreign DNA from the surrounding environment
• For example, harmless Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria can be transformed to pneumonia-causing cells
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Transduction
• In the process known as transduction, phages carry bacterial genes from one host cell to another
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A+
Phage DNA
A+
Donorcell
B+
A+
B+
Crossingover
A+
A– B–
Recipientcell
A+ B–
Recombinant cell
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Conjugation and Plasmids
• Conjugation is the direct transfer of genetic material between bacterial cells that are temporarily joined
• The transfer is one-way: One cell (“male”) donates DNA, and its “mate” (“female”) receives the genes
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• “Maleness,” the ability to form a sex pilus and donate DNA, results from an F (for fertility) factor as part of the chromosome or as a plasmid
• Plasmids, including the F plasmid, are small, circular, self-replicating DNA molecules
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The F Plasmid and Conjugation
• Cells containing the F plasmid, designated F+ cells, function as DNA donors during conjugation
• F+ cells transfer DNA to an F recipient cell
• Chromosomal genes can be transferred during conjugation when the donor cell’s F factor is integrated into the chromosome
• A cell with a built-in F factor is called an Hfr cell
• The F factor of an Hfr cell brings some chromosomal DNA along when transferred to an F– cell
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F plasmid Bacterial chromosome
F+ cellMatingbridge
F+ cell
F+ cellBacterial chromosome
F– cell
Conjunction and transfer of an F plasmid from and F+ donor to an F– recipient
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F plasmid Bacterial chromosome
F+ cellMatingbridge
F+ cell
F+ cellBacterial chromosome
F– cell
Conjunction and transfer of an F plasmid from and F+ donor to an F– recipient
F+ cell Hfr cell
F factor
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F plasmid Bacterial chromosome
F+ cellMatingbridge
F+ cell
F+ cellBacterial chromosome
F– cell
Conjunction and transfer of an F plasmid from and F+ donor to an F– recipient
F+ cell Hfr cell
F factor
Hfr cell
F– cell
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F+ cellMatingbridge
F+ cell
F+ cellBacterial chromosome
F– cell
Conjunction and transfer of an F plasmid from and F+ donor to an F– recipient
F+ cell Hfr cell
F factor
Hfr cell
F– cell
Temporarypartialdiploid
Recombinant F–
bacterium
Conjugation and transfer of part of the bacterial chromosome from anHfr donor to an F– recipient, resulting in recombiination
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R plasmids and Antibiotic Resistance
• R plasmids confer resistance to various antibiotics
• When a bacterial population is exposed to an antibiotic, individuals with the R plasmid will survive and increase in the overall population
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Transposition of Genetic Elements
• The DNA of a cell can also undergo recombination due to movement of transposable elements within the cell’s genome
• Transposable elements, often called “jumping genes,” contribute to genetic shuffling in bacteria
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Insertion Sequences
• The simplest transposable elements, called insertion sequences, exist only in bacteria
• An insertion sequence has a single gene for transposase, an enzyme catalyzing movement of the insertion sequence from one site to another within the genome
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Transposons
• Transposable elements called transposons are longer and more complex than insertion sequences
• In addition to DNA required for transposition, transposons have extra genes that “go along for the ride,” such as genes for antibiotic resistance
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53
35
Transposon
Insertion sequence
Insertion sequence
Antibioticresistance gene
Transposase geneInverted repeat
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Concept 18.4: Individual bacteria respond to environmental change by regulating their gene expression
• A bacterium can tune its metabolism to the changing environment and food sources
• This metabolic control occurs on two levels:
– Adjusting activity of metabolic enzymes
– Regulating genes that encode metabolic enzymes
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Regulation of enzymeactivity
Regulation of enzymeproduction
Enzyme 1
Regulation of gene expression
Enzyme 2
Enzyme 3
Enzyme 4
Enzyme 5
Gene 2
Gene 1
Gene 3
Gene 4
Gene 5
Tryptophan
Precursor
Feedbackinhibition
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Operons: The Basic Concept
• In bacteria, genes are often clustered into operons, composed of
– An operator, an “on-off” switch
– A promoter
– Genes for metabolic enzymes
• An operon can be switched off by a protein called a repressor
• A corepressor is a small molecule that cooperates with a repressor to switch an operon off
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Promoter Promoter
DNA trpR
Regulatorygene
RNApolymerase
mRNA
3
5
Protein Inactiverepressor
Tryptophan absent, repressor inactive, operon on
mRNA 5
trpE trpD trpC trpB trpA
OperatorStart codonStop codon
trp operon
Genes of operon
E
Polypeptides that make upenzymes for tryptophan synthesis
D C B A
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DNA
Protein
Tryptophan(corepressor)
Tryptophan present, repressor active, operon off
mRNA
Activerepressor
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DNA
Protein
Tryptophan(corepressor)
Tryptophan present, repressor active, operon off
mRNA
Activerepressor
No RNA made
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Repressible and Inducible Operons: Two Types of Negative Gene Regulation
• A repressible operon is one that is usually on; binding of a repressor to the operator shuts off transcription
• The trp operon is a repressible operon
• An inducible operon is one that is usually off; a molecule called an inducer inactivates the repressor and turns on transcription
• The classic example of an inducible operon is the lac operon, which contains genes coding for enzymes in hydrolysis and metabolism of lactose
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DNA lacl
Regulatorygene
mRNA
5
3
RNApolymerase
ProteinActiverepressor
NoRNAmade
lacZ
Promoter
Operator
Lactose absent, repressor active, operon off
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DNA lacl
mRNA5
3
lac operon
Lactose present, repressor inactive, operon on
lacZ lacY lacA
RNApolymerase
mRNA 5
Protein
Allolactose(inducer)
Inactiverepressor
-Galactosidase Permease Transacetylase
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• Inducible enzymes usually function in catabolic pathways
• Repressible enzymes usually function in anabolic pathways
• Regulation of the trp and lac operons involves negative control of genes because operons are switched off by the active form of the repressor
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Positive Gene Regulation
• Some operons are also subject to positive control through a stimulatory activator protein, such as catabolite activator protein (CAP)
• When glucose (a preferred food source of E. coli ) is scarce, the lac operon is activated by the binding of CAP
• When glucose levels increase, CAP detaches from the lac operon, turning it off
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DNA
cAMP
lacl
CAP-binding site
Promoter
ActiveCAP
InactiveCAP
RNApolymerasecan bindand transcribe
Operator
lacZ
Inactive lacrepressor
Lactose present, glucose scarce (cAMP level high): abundant lacmRNA synthesized