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From Gene to Protein

How Genes Work

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What do genes code for?

proteins cells bodies

How does DNA code for cells & bodies? how are cells and bodies made from the

instructions in DNA

DNA

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The “Central Dogma” Flow of genetic information in a cell

How do we move information from DNA to proteins?

proteinRNADNA trait

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Beadle & Tatum 1941 | 1958

George Beadle

Edward Tatum

"for their discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events"

one gene : one enzyme hypothesis

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mRNA

From gene to protein

DNA

nucleus cytoplasm

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Transcription

fromDNA language

toRNA language

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RNA ribose sugar N-bases

____________________ ____________________ ____________________

____________________ lots of RNAs

mRNA, tRNA, rRNA, siRNA…

RNADNAtranscription

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Transcription Making mRNA

transcribed DNA strand = ___________________ enzyme

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template strand

rewinding

mRNA RNA polymerase

unwinding

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5build RNA 53

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Initiation ________________________

binding site before beginning of gene __________________________________ binding site for RNA polymerase

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Elongation Match RNA bases to DNA

bases on one of the DNA strands

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A G GGGGGT T A C A C T T T T TC C C CA A

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A C CRNA

polymerase

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5' 3'

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Termination Eventually the RNA transcript is

released and the polymerase detaches (complete mechanism still not fully known)

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Eukaryotic genes have junk! Eukaryotic genes are not continuous

___________ = the real gene expressed / coding DNA

___________ = the junk inbetween sequence

eukaryotic DNA

exon = coding (expressed) sequence

intron = noncoding (inbetween) sequence

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mRNA splicing

eukaryotic DNA

exon = coding (expressed) sequence

intron = noncoding (inbetween) sequence

primary mRNAtranscript

mature mRNAtranscript

pre-mRNA

spliced mRNA

Post-transcriptional processing eukaryotic mRNA needs work after transcription ______________________________ ______________________________

edit out introns ______________________________

~10,000 bases

~1,000 bases

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Splicing must be accurate No room for mistakes!

a single base added or lost throws off the _______________________

AUG|CGG|UCC|GAU|AAG|GGC|CAU

AUGCGGCTATGGGUCCGAUAAGGGCCAUAUGCGGUCCGAUAAGGGCCAU

AUG|CGG|GUC|CGA|UAA|GGG|CCA|U

AUGCGGCTATGGGUCCGAUAAGGGCCAUAUGCGGGUCCGAUAAGGGCCAU

Met|Arg|Ser|Asp|Lys|Gly|His

Met|Arg|Val|Arg|STOP|

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RNA splicing enzymessnRNPs

exonexon intron

snRNA

5' 3'

spliceosome

exonexcisedintron

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lariat

exonmature mRNA

5'

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Alternative splicing _______________________________________

when is an intron not an intron… different segments treated as exons

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A A AA

A3' poly-A tail

mRNA

5'5' cap

3'

G PPP

50-250 A’s

More post-transcriptional processing Need to protect mRNA on its trip from

nucleus to cytoplasm enzymes in cytoplasm attack mRNA

protect the ends of the molecule ________________________________

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mRNA

From gene to protein

DNAtranscription

nucleus cytoplasm

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translation

ribosome

trait

protein