Gene Expression: from DNA to protein How is DNA transcribed to RNA? In bacteria In eukaryotic cells How is mRNA translated to protein?
Central dogma phenotype
Transcription of RNA from DNA promoter 5’ 3’
Ribosomes act as the workbench for translation E. coli ribosome; large subunit in pink; small subunit in blue
tRNAs match amino acids to mRNA codons
Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases “charge” amino acids to the right tRNAs
The universal genetic code
Translation starts at first AUG from 5’ end
Translation termination No tRNAs recognize stop codons. The ribosome stalls, and a release factor terminates translation.
mRNA is translated to protein Initiation: ribosomes bind to 5’ end of messenger RNA (mRNA), along with initiator Met-tRNA Elongation: proceeds 5' 3' along mRNA, in 3-base increments (codons) Polypeptide grows from N-terminus to C- terminus Termination: at stop (nonsense) codon
Prokaryotic gene expression http://statistics.arizona.edu/courses/EEB600A-2003/lectures/lecture24/lecture24.html
Eukaryotic gene expression
Pre-mRNA processing in eukaryotes: addition of 5’ cap
Pre-mRNA processing in eukaryotes: splicing to remove introns
Pre-mRNA processing in eukaryotes: polyadenylation at 3’ end
Animations of transcription and translation Bioflix Molecular visualization on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41_Ne5mS2ls