DNA Mutations and Repair Chapter 18
Mutation Rates and Frequency 1 to 10 mutations per million gametes Incidence within a group
Causes of Mutations Spontaneous Induced
Spontaneous Mispairing of bases Changes in chemical structure of DNA
Tautomers
But this is probably a much more common occurrence. A spontaneous error
Spontaneous Incorporated Error (perhaps due to wobble) To Replicated Errors A replicated Error
Chemical changes to the DNA Depurination Deamination
Depurination Chemical change in the DNA
NH2 is gone DNA Repair
Naturally Occurring NO REPAIR!
Environmentally Induced DNA changes
Chemicals and Reactions Leading to Mutations Base analogs Alklating agents Deaminations Hydroxylamine Oxidative reactions Intercalating agents
Mistake!!
alklyating Deamination Adds OH
Mustard Gas: alkylating agent
Oxidative radicals Reactive forms of oxygen can lead to these radicals
Intercalating agents Insert and distort DNA
Radiation (Techa River) Hiroshima (Aug. 6th, 1945)
Thymine Dimers SOS
Detecting mutations with the AMES test
THE AMES TEST
AMES TEST Saccharin Aflatoxin 2-aminofluorene
Aflatoxin B1
DNA Repair: general characteristics Double stranded DNA Redundancy of pathways
Types of DNA repair Mismatch repair Direct Repair Base-Excision Repair Nucleotide Excision Repair
Mismatch repair Mut H Recognize GATC hemi-methylation Mut S Mut L
A closer look at mismatch repair
DIRECT REVERSAL REPAIR Direct Repair
BASE EXCISION REPAIR
BASE EXCISION REPAIR
Nucleotide Excision Repair
Diseases of DNA repair!
Xeroderma pigmentosum Autosomal recessive
Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colon Cancer HNPCC 15% of all colon cancers
Li-Fraumeni P-53 mutation