THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE Chapter 16. Frederick Griffith (1928)
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Major Steps of Replication:1. Helicase: unwinds DNA at origins of replication2. Initiation proteins separate 2 strands forms
replication bubble3. Primase: puts down RNA primer to start replication4. DNA polymerase III: adds complimentary bases to
leading strand (new DNA is made 5’ 3’)5. Lagging strand grows in 3’5’ direction by the
addition of Okazaki fragments6. DNA polymerase I: replaces RNA primers with DNA7. DNA ligase: seals fragments together
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1. Helicase unwinds DNA at origins of replication and creates replication forks
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3. Primase adds RNA primer
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4. DNA polymerase III adds nucleotides in 5’3’ direction on leading strand
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Replication on leading strand
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Leading strand vs. Lagging strand
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Okazaki Fragments: Short segments of DNA that grow 5’3’ that are added onto the Lagging Strand
DNA Ligase: seals together fragments
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Proofreading and Repair DNA polymerases proofread as bases
added Mismatch repair: special enzymes fix
incorrect pairings Nucleotide excision repair:
Nucleases cut damaged DNA DNA poly and ligase fill in gaps
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Nucleotide Excision Repair
Errors: Pairing errors: 1 in
100,000 nucleotides Complete DNA: 1 in 10
billion nucleotides
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Problem at the 5’ End
DNA poly only adds nucleotides to 3’ end
No way to complete 5’ ends of daughter strands
Over many replications, DNA strands will grow shorter and shorter
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Telomeres: repeated units of short nucleotide sequences (TTAGGG) at ends of DNA
Telomeres “cap” ends of DNA to postpone erosion of genes at ends (TTAGGG)
Telomerase: enzyme that adds to telomeres Eukaryotic germ cells, cancer cells
Telomeres stained orange at the ends of mouse chromosomes
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Telomeres & Telomerase