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The Living World Fifth Edition George B. Johnson Jonathan B. Losos Chapter 12 DNA: The Genetic Material Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display.

12.1 The Griffith Experiment Chromosomes are comprised of two types of macromolecules, proteins and DNA, but which one is the stuff of genes?  the answer was discovered from a variety of different experiments, all of which shared the same basic design if you separate the DNA in an individual’s chromosomes from the protein, which of the two materials is able to change another individual’s genes?

12.1 The Griffith Experiment Frederick Griffith in 1928 experimented with pathogenic (i.e., disease-causing) bacteria  he experimented with two strains of Strepococcus pneumonia the virulent strain, called the S form, was coated with a polysaccharide capsule and caused infected mice to die of blood poisoning a mutant form, called the R form, which lacked the capsule and was non-virulent

12.1 The Griffith Experiment Griffith determined that when dead bacteria of the S form were injected into mice, the mice remained healthy But, when Griffith injected mice with mixture of dead S bacteria and live bacteria of the R form, the mice unexpectedly died  the R form bacteria now had transformed into the virulent S variety

Figure 12.1 How Griffith discovered transformation

12.2 The Avery and Hershey- Chase Experiments The agent responsible for transforming Streptococcus went undiscovered until a classic series of experiments by Oswald Avery and his coworkers Colin MacLeod and Maclyn McCarty  they also worked with Streptococcus strains, both dead S and live R, but were able to remove first nearly 99.98% of the dead S  they found that the transforming principle was not reduced by the removal of the protein

12.2 The Avery and Hershey- Chase Experiments The Avery team discovered that the transforming principle resembled DNA in several ways  same chemistry and behavior as DNA  not affected by lipid and protein extraction  not destroyed by protein- or RNA-digesting enzymes  destroyed by DNA-digesting enzymes Based on this overwhelming evidence, the Avery team concluded that the heredity material was DNA

12.2 The Avery and Hershey- Chase Experiments Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase provided the final experimental evidence that pointed to DNA as the hereditary material  the team studied viruses that infect bacteria  the structure of these viruses is very simple: a core of DNA surrounded by a coat of protein  the viruses attach themselves to the surface of bacteria cells and inject their genes into the interior the infected bacterial cell is then forced to make hundreds of copies of new viruses, which then burst out of the cell to infect new cells

12.2 The Avery and Hershey- Chase Experiments Hershey and Chase used radioactive isotopes to “label” or tag the DNA and the protein of the viruses  some viruses were grown so that their DNA contained radioactive phosporous ( 32 P)  other viruses were grown so that their protein coats contained radioactive sulfur ( 35 S)

12.2 The Avery and Hershey- Chase Experiment After the labeled viruses were allowed to infect bacteria, only the viruses with 32 P had labeled tracer in their interior The conclusion was that the genes that viruses use to specify new viruses are made of DNA and not protein Figure 12.2 The Hershey-Chase experiment.

12.3 Discovering the Structure of DNA In order to understand how DNA functioned as the molecules that stored heredity, researchers needed to understand the structure of DNA  DNA is comprised of subunits called nucleotides  each DNA nucleotide has three parts a central dexoyribose sugar a phosphate group an organic base

12.3 Discovering the Structure of DNA Nucleotides differ with regards to their bases  large bases (purines) with double-ring structure either adenine (A) or guanine (G)  small bases (pyrimidines) with single rings either cytosine (C) or thymine (T)  Edwin Chargaff noted that DNA molecules always had equal amounts of purines and pyrimidines Chargaff’s rule suggested that DNA had a regular structure –the amount of A always equalled the amount of T –the amount of C always equalled the amount of G

Figure 12.3 The four nucleotide subunits that make up DNA

12.3 Discovering the Structure of DNA Rosalind Franklin’s work in 1953 using X-ray defraction revealed that DNA had a regular structure that was shaped like a corkscrew, or helix Francis Crick and James Watson elaborated on the discoveries of Franklin and Chargaff and deduced that the structure of DNA was a double helix  two strands of DNA bind together by their bases  because a purine of one strand binds to a pyrimidine on the other strand to form a base pair, the molecule keeps a constant thickness

Figure 12.4 The DNA double helix

12.4 How the DNA Molecule Copies Itself The two strands of DNA that form the double helix DNA molecule are complementary to each other  each chain is essentially a mirror image of the other  this complementarity makes it possible for DNA to copy itself in preparation for cell division

12.4 How the DNA Molecule Copies Itself There are three possible alternatives as to how the DNA could serve as a template for the assembly of new DNA molecules  conservation replication the two strands of DNA completely separate to act as templates for the assembly of two new strands after replicating, the original strands rejoin, preserving the original DNA molecule and leaving a completely new one  semiconservative replication the DNA unzips and new complementary strands are assembled using each strand as a template one original strand is preserved in each duplex created  dispersive replication replication results in both original and new DNA dispersed among the two daughter strands

Figure 12.5 Alternative Mechanisms for DNA replication

12.4 How the DNA Molecule Copies Itself Matthew Meselson and Franklin Stahl tested, in 1958, the three alternative hypotheses for the replication of DNA  they used radioactive isotopes of N to label DNA prior to and after replication  they found that DNA replication was semi- conservative

Figure 12.6 The Mesolson-Stahl experiment

12.4 How the DNA Molecule Copies Itself The process of DNA replication involves several enzymes  DNA polymerase adds the correct complementary nucleotide to the growing daughter strand but can only add to an existing strand or primer  helicase unzips the DNA to expose the templates this creates a replication fork  DNA ligase seals fragments of DNA together

Figure 12.7 How nucleotides are added in DNA replication

12.4 How the DNA Molecule Copies Itself At the replication fork, a primer must first be added to give a place for DNA polymerase to start  from one template, DNA polymerase adds nucleotides in a continuous fashion; this new daughter strand is called the leading strand  because the other template is a mirror image, directionality becomes a problem because DNA can build a new strand in one direction only this second daughter strand is assembled is segments, each one beginning with a primer the segments will be joined together to form the lagging strand

Figure 12.8 Building the leading and lagging strands

12.4 How the DNA Molecule Copies Itself Before the newly formed DNA molecules wind back into the double helix shape, the primers must be removed and the DNA fragments sealed together  DNA ligase joins the ends of the fragments of DNA to form continuous strands

Figure 12.9 How DNA replication works

12.4 How the DNA Molecule Copies Itself Because so much DNA is being replicated in the many cells of the body, there is a potential for errors to occur  DNA repair involves comparing the daughter strand to the parent DNA template to check for mistakes the proofreading is not perfect because mutations are still possible, although rare

12.5 Mutation There are two general ways in which to alter the genetic message encoded in DNA  mutation results from errors in replication can involve changes, additions, or deletions to nucleotides  recombination causes change in the position of all or part of a gene

12.5 Mutation Mutations can alter the genetic message and affect protein synthesis  because most mutations occur randomly in a cell’s DNA, most mutations are detrimental  the effect of a mutation depends on the identity of the cell where it occurs mutations in germ-line cells –these mutations will be passed to future generations –they are important for evolutionary change mutations in somatic cells –not passed to future generations but passed to all other somatic cells derived from it

12.5 Mutation Some mutations alter the sequence of DNA nucleotides  base substitution changes the identity of a base or bases  insertion adds a base or bases  deletion removes a base of bases If the insertion or deletion throws the reading frame of the gene message out of register, a frame-shift mutation results  these are extremely detrimental because the final protein intended by the message may be altered or not made

Figure Two types of mutations

12.5 Mutation Some mutations affect how a genetic message is organized  transposition occurs when individual genes move from one place in the genome to another  sometimes entire regions of chromosomes may change their relative location or undergo duplication this is called chromosomal rearrangement

Table 12.1 Some Categories of Mutation

12.5 Mutation All evolutionary change begins with mutation  mutation and recombination provide the raw materials for evolution Chemicals that causes mutation, called mutagens, appear to be linked to cancer  for example, chemicals in cigarette smoke cause cancer

Inquiry & Analysis What are the dark bands in these photographs? Is the location of the bands consistent with the hypotheses of semiconservative replication? Explain. Graph of Migration of DNA in a Density Gradient