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• Restriction Enzymes scan the DNA sequence• Find a very specific set of nucleotides• Make a specific cut
Palindromes in DNA sequences
Genetic palindromes are similar to verbal palindromes. A palindromic sequence in DNA is one in which the 5’ to 3’ base pair sequence is identical on both strands.
5’
5’
3’
3’
Restriction enzymes recognize and make a cut within specific
palindromic sequences, known as restriction sites, in the DNA. This is
usually a 4- or 6 base pair sequence.
Restriction Endonuclease Types
Type I- multi-subunit, both endonuclease and methylase activities, cleave at random up to 1000 bp from recognition sequence
Type II- most single subunit, cleave DNA within recognition sequence
Type III- multi-subunit, endonuclease and methylase about 25 bp from recognition sequence
Hae IIIHaeIII is a restriction enzyme that
searches the DNA molecule until it finds this sequence of four nitrogen bases.
5’ TGACGGGTTCGAGGCCAG 3’3’ ACTGCCCAAGGTCCGGTC 5’
Once the recognition site is found Hae III will cleave the DNA at that site
5’ TGACGGGTTCGAGGCCAG 3’3’ ACTGCCCAAGGTCCGGTC 5’
The names for restriction enzymes come from:
• the type of bacteria in which the enzyme is found• the order in which the restriction enzyme was identified
and isolated.
EcoRI for exampleR strain of E.coli bacteria
I as it is was the first E. coli restriction enzyme to be discovered.
“blunt ends” and “sticky ends”Hae III produced a “blunt end”?
EcoRI makes a staggered cut and produces a “sticky end”
5’ GAATTC 3’3’ CTTAAG 5’
5’ GAATTC 3’3’ CTTAAG 5’
5’ G AATTC 3’3’ CTTAA G 5’
More examples of restriction sites of restriction enzymes with their cut sites
Hind III: 5’ AAGCTT 3’ 3’ TTCGAA 5’
Bam HI: 5’ GGATCC 3’ 3’ CCTAGG 5’
Alu I: 5’ AGCT 3’ 3’ TCGA 5’
Gene Cloning
• What is gene cloning? How does it differ from cloning an entire organism?
• Why is gene cloning done?• How is gene cloning
accomplished ?• What is a DNA ‘Library’?
What is DNA cloning?
• When DNA is extracted from an organism, all its genes are obtained
• In gene (DNA) cloning a particular gene is copied (cloned)
Why Clone DNA?• A particular gene can be isolated and its
nucleotide sequence determined• Control sequences of DNA can be
identified & analyzed• Protein/enzyme/RNA function can be
investigated• Mutations can be identified, e.g. gene
defects related to specific diseases• Organisms can be ‘engineered’ for
specific purposes, e.g. insulin production, insect resistance, etc.
How is DNA cloned?, I
• DNA is extracted- here from blood
• Restriction enzymes, e.g. EcoR I, Hind III, etc., cut the DNA into small pieces
• Different DNA pieces cut with the same enzyme can join, or recombine.
Blood sample
DNA
Restriction enzymes
DNA Cloning, II
• Bacterial plasmids (small circular DNA additional to a bacteria’s regular DNA) are cut with the same restriction enzyme
• A chunk of DNA can thus be inserted into the plasmid DNA to form a “recombinant”
DNA cloning, III
• The recombinant plasmids are then mixed with bacteria which have been treated to make them “competent”, or capable of taking in the plasmids
• This insertion is called transformation
DNA Cloning, IV
• The plasmids have naturally occurring genes for antibiotic resistance
• Bacteria containing plasmids with these genes will grow on a medium containing the antibiotic- the others die, so only transformed bacteria survive
DNA Cloning, V
• The transformed bacterial cells form colonies on the medium
• Each cell in a given colony has the same plasmid (& the same DNA)
• Cells in different colonies have different plasmids (& different DNA fragments)
Screening, IScreening can involve:1. Phenotypic
screening- the protein encoded by the gene changes the color of the colony
2. Using antibodies that recognize the protein produced by a particular gene
PCR
• invented by Karry B. Mullis (1983, Nobel Prize 1993)
• patent sold by Cetus corp. to La Roche for $300 million
• depends on thermo-resistant DNA polymerase (e.g. Taq polymerase) and a thermal cycler
Heat-stable DNA polymerase
• Taq DNA polymerase was isolated from the bacterium Thermus aquaticus.
• Taq polymerase is stable at the high temperatures (~95oC) used for denaturing DNA.
Hot springs at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
DNA polymerase requirements
• template• primer• nucleotides• regulated pH, salt concentration,
cofactors
Steps in a PCR cycle1) template denatured:
94 C, 30 sec 2) primers anneal
45-72 C, depending on primer sequence30 sec – 1 min
3) new strand elongation72 C depending on the type of polymerase1 min for 1000 nucleotides of amplified sequence
Number of specific DNA molecule copies grows exponentially with each PCR cycle. Usually run 20-40 cycles to get enough DNA for most applications (If you start with 2 molecules, after 30 cycles you will have more than a billion)
Uses for PCR
• Research– Gene cloning
– Real-time PCR
– DNA sequencing
• Clinical– DNA fingerprinting
• Crime scene analysis• Paternity testing• Archeological finds
– Genetically inherited diseases
Chain termination method (Sanger Method), sequence of single stranded DNA is determined by enzymatic synthesis of complementary strands which terminate at specific nucleotide positions
Chemical degradation method (Maxam-Gilbert Method), sequence of a double stranded DNA molecule is determined by chemical treatment that cuts at specific nucleotide positions