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DNA Basics. Organisms are made up of cells The nucleus of the cell contains DNA.

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1 DNA Basics

2 Organisms are made up of cells

3 The nucleus of the cell contains DNA

4

5 3’C 5’ end 5’C 3’C 5’C 3’ end OH Figure 5.26 O O O O Nitrogenous base Nucleoside O O OO OO P CH 2 5’C 3’C Phosphate group Pentose sugar (b) Nucleotide Figure 5.26 O DNA is a linear polymer made up of repeating units

6 DNA is very stable; the data is backed up. DNA is a double helix

7 But start to get used to thinking about DNA sequence like this... 1 ctcctagtcc agacgccatg ggtcatttca cagaggagga caaggctact atcacaagcc 61 tgtggggcaa ggtgaatgtg gaagatgctg gaggagaaac cctgggaagg ctcctggttg 121 tctacccatg gacccagagg ttctttgaca gctttggcaa cctgtcctct gcctctgcca 181 tcatgggcaa ccccaaagtc aaggcacatg gcaagaaggt gctgacttcc ttgggagatg 241 ccataaagca cctggatgat ctcaagggca cctttgccca gctgagtgaa ctgcactgtg 301 acaagctgca tgtggatcct gagaacttca agctcctggg aaatgtgctg gtgaccgttt 361 tggcaatcca tttcggcaaa gaattcaccc ctgaggtgca ggcttcctgg cagaagatgg 421 tgactggagt ggccagtgcc ctgtcctcca gataccactg agctcgctgc ccatgatgca 481 gagcttcaag gataggcttt attctgcaag caatacaaat aataaatcta ttctgctaag 541 agatc DNA sequence

8 Genetic Basics

9 Central Dogma

10 The DNA double helix unzips

11 Transcription: A messenger RNA (mRNA) copy of the gene is made RNA has ribose instead of deoxyribose, has uracil instead of thymine, and is single stranded. DNA  RNA  protein: information flow

12 Translation: The messenger RNA copy of the gene is “cranked” through a ribosome. The codons of the mRNA are read as a template to make a protein. DNA  RNA  protein: information flow

13 Translation by Codon The linear DNA code is read in sets of 3 bases, called codons. AUG is the start codon. UAA, UAG and UGA are “stop” codons. The code is redundant; more than one codon encodes the same protein.

14 We will talk about proteins like this... 1 mshtasscqe lvencavhva gmaqedsrrg qvpssfyhga nqeldlstkv ykresgspys 61 vlvdtkmskp hlheteeqpy fretravsdv havkedrens ddteeeeeev sykreqiive 121 vnlnnqtlnv skgekgvssq sketpvlkts seeeeeesee eatddsndyg enekqkkkek 181 iv The previous DNA sequence had 546 nucelotides. How many proteins should be in this sequence? Protein Sequence

15 Protein strings fold into 3D structures Lysozyme protein– 2 models

16 Figure 8.16 Substate Active site Enzyme (a) Hexokinase protein modifying a glucose molecule in its active site 3D proteins do the cell’s work Figure 8.16 (b) Enzyme- substrate complex


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