Replication
Central Dogma of Information Flow
Wagging the Dogma
Replication- the synthesis of DNA using itself as a template. Three stages: Initiation, Elongation, Termination Replication
Meselson-Stahl Experiment Replication is Semiconservative
Initiation
Origin of replication (ori) Replication Begins at a Specific Place Each Time
Theta structure Replication is Bidirectional
Helicase ssb DNA Must be Uncoiled Before Replication
Replication is 5’ -> 3’
Okazaki Fragments are Used to Synthesize the Lagging Strand
Primase Primers are Needed for Synthesis
Elongation Reaction
Termination Least well understood
Review of Replication - Initiation Ori bound by helicase and SSB (other proteins at site) Replication bubble forms primase and DNA polymerase III join complex Okazaki fragments used on lagging strand synthesis is 5’ to 3’
Review of Replication - Elongation PPi product polymerase I removes RNA and fills gap
Review of Replication - Termination Ligase seals nick (ATP dependent) Topoisomerase supercoils DNA (cut, wrap, ligate)
Proofreading 1 mistake every bases during replication (3’ -> 5’ exonuclease activity) In DNA, 1 mistake every bases other repair mech. must exist
Repair Mechanisms Mismatch repair Base Excision repair Nucleotide Excision Direct Repair
In Eukaryotes, the Major Differences are the Numbers and Names of the Molecules Prokaryotes Eukaryotes 1 ori and termultiple ori and ter Polymerases III and I Pol’s and Okazaki fragments ~1000 ~ nt supercoiling histones