Central Dogma of Biology
How genes control biological activity
Information is stored in colinear subunit sequences
Reproduction and Catalysis single strandedness - complex 3D shape nucleic acids - replication
Is protein synthesized from DNA directly? Prescot used a pulse-chase experiment to find out:
Transcription
Transcription Animation
Elongation
Overview of Transcription
Replication
Transcription
Replication Transcription
Only one strand is copied in transcription
Termination of Transcription - Palidromes/hairpins
Termination of Transcription
How can nucleic acids store the info for protein structure? They are both unbranched chains of subunits (have 1° structure)
Genetic Code
Coding Ratios: Triplet Code? coding ratio R number of words 4 1 = = = 64 4 R adequacy 4 < < > 20
Confirmation that the genetic code is a triplet code frame shift suppressors THE BIG CAT ATE THE FAT RAT THE BGC ATA TET HEF ATR AT... large frame shift mutation wild type THE BIG CAT ATE THE FAT RAT THE BCA TAT ETH EFA TRA T... large frame shift mutation THE BIG CAT ATE THE FAT RAT THE BAT ATE THE FAT RAT... small frame shift mutation 1 deletion 2 nucleotides deleted 3 nucleotides deleted
Early investigations of the genetic code using in vitro translation systems using uniform precursor pools to produce artificial mRNA: in vitro translation system only A poly-A mRNA poly-Lys protein AAA codes for Lys only G poly-G mRNA poly-Pro protein GGG codes for Pro only C poly-C mRNA poly-Gly protein CCC codes for Gly only U poly-U mRNA poly-Phe protein UUU codes for Phe
final investigations of the genetic code using in vitro translation systems making specific 3-nucleotide mRNAs: in vitro translation system for each codon check which aa associates with ribosome
Genetic Code
Central Dogma of Biology
tRNA
tRNA has a complicated shape
Loading an amino acid on a tRNA
Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases
mRNA
rRNA ribozymes
Ribosomal compartments
Ribosomes are complex structures
Formation of a peptide bond
Polysomes
Initiation
Elongation
Termination
The Central Dogma