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2.  When T. H. Morgan’s group showed that genes are located on chromosomes, the two components of chromosomes—DNA and protein—became candidates for the genetic material Section 16.1

3.  The discovery of the genetic role of DNA began with research by Frederick Griffith in 1928  Griffith worked with two strains of a bacterium, one pathogenic and one harmless  When he mixed heat-killed remains of the pathogenic strain with living cells of the harmless strain, some living cells became pathogenic  He called this phenomenon transformation, now defined as a change in genotype and phenotype due to assimilation of foreign DNA Section 16.1

4. Living S cells (control) Living R cells (control) Heat-killed S cells (control) Mixture of heat-killed S cells and living R cells Mouse dies Mouse healthy Living S cells EXPERIMENT RESULTS Figure 16.2

5.  In 1944, Oswald Avery, Maclyn McCarty, and Colin MacLeod announced that the transforming substance was DNA  Their conclusion was based on experimental evidence that only DNA worked in transforming harmless bacteria into pathogenic bacteria  Many biologists remained skeptical, mainly because little was known about DNA Section 16.1

6.  Transformation: The change in genotype and phenotype due to assimilation of foreign DNA from the external environment. Section 16.1

7.  Bacteriophage means “Bacteria Eater” and it refers to any virus that attacks bacterial cells. Section 16.1

8.  Viruses consist of DNA (or sometimes RNA) enclosed in a protective coat of protein.  To replicate, a virus infects a host cell and takes over the cell’s metabolic machinery. Section 16.1

9. Figure 16.3 Phage head Tail sheath Tail fiber DNA Bacterial cell 100 nm Section 16.1

10.  In 1952, Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase performed experiments showing that DNA is the genetic material of a phage known as T2  To determine this, they designed an experiment showing that only one of the two components of T2 (DNA or protein) enters an E. coli cell during infection  They concluded that the injected DNA of the phage provides the genetic information Section 16.1

11. Figure 16.4-1 Bacterial cell Phage Batch 1: Radioactive sulfur ( 35 S) DNA Batch 2: Radioactive phosphorus ( 32 P) Radioactive DNA EXPERIMENT Radioactive protein Section 16.1

12. Figure 16.4-2 Bacterial cell Phage Batch 1: Radioactive sulfur ( 35 S) Radioactive protein DNA Batch 2: Radioactive phosphorus ( 32 P) Radioactive DNA Empty protein shell Phage DNA EXPERIMENT

13. Figure 16.4-3 Bacterial cell Phage Batch 1: Radioactive sulfur ( 35 S) Radioactive protein DNA Batch 2: Radioactive phosphorus ( 32 P) Radioactive DNA Empty protein shell Phage DNA Centrifuge Radioactivity (phage protein) in liquid Pellet (bacterial cells and contents) Pellet Radioactivity (phage DNA) in pellet EXPERIMENT Section 16.1

14.  In 1950, Erwin Chargaff reported that DNA composition varies from one species to the next  This evidence of diversity made DNA a more credible candidate for the genetic material  Two findings became known as Chargaff’s rules  The base composition of DNA varies between species  In any species the number of A and T bases are equal and the number of G and C bases are equal  The basis for these rules was not understood until the discovery of the double helix Section 16.1

15.  After DNA was accepted as the genetic material, the challenge was to determine how its structure accounts for its role in heredity  Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin were using a technique called X-ray crystallography to study molecular structure  Franklin produced a picture of the DNA molecule using this technique  Franklin’s X-ray crystallographic images of DNA enabled Watson to deduce that DNA was helical  The X-ray images also enabled Watson to deduce the width of the helix and the spacing of the nitrogenous bases  The pattern in the photo suggested that the DNA molecule was made up of two strands, forming a double helix Section 16.1

16. Figure 16.6 (a) Rosalind Franklin (b)Franklin’s X-ray diffraction photograph of DNA Section 16.1

17.  Watson and Crick built models of a double helix to conform to the X-rays and chemistry of DNA  Franklin had concluded that there were two outer sugar-phosphate backbones, with the nitrogenous bases paired in the molecule’s interior  Watson built a model in which the backbones were antiparallel (their subunits run in opposite directions) Section 16.1

18. Antiparallel Double Helix Nitrogenous Bases Section 16.1

19.  Since the two strands of DNA are complementary, each strand acts as a template for building a new strand in replication  In DNA replication, the parent molecule unwinds, and two new daughter strands are built based on base-pairing rules  Watson and Crick’s semiconservative model of replication predicts that when a double helix replicates, each daughter molecule will have one old strand (derived or “conserved” from the parent molecule) and one newly made strand  Competing models were the conservative model (the two parent strands rejoin) and the dispersive model (each strand is a mix of old and new) Section 16.2

20. Figure 16.9-3 (a) Parent molecule (b) Separation of strands (c) “Daughter” DNA molecules, each consisting of one parental strand and one new strand A A A A A A A A A A A A T T T T T T T T T T T T C C C C C C C C G G G G G G G G Section 16.2

21. Figure 16.10 (a) Conservative model (b) Semiconservative model (c) Dispersive model Parent cell First replication Second replication Section 16.2

22.  Experiments by Matthew Meselson and Franklin Stahl supported the semiconservative model  They labeled the nucleotides of the old strands with a heavy isotope of nitrogen, while any new nucleotides were labeled with a lighter isotope  The first replication produced a band of hybrid DNA, eliminating the conservative model  A second replication produced both light and hybrid DNA, eliminating the dispersive model and supporting the semiconservative model Section 16.2

23. Figure 16.11a Bacteria cultured in medium with 15 N (heavy isotope) Bacteria transferred to medium with 14 N (lighter isotope) DNA sample centrifuged after first replication DNA sample centrifuged after second replication Less dense More dense 2 134 EXPERIMENT RESULTS Section 16.2

24. Figure 16.11b Predictions: First replication Second replication Conservative model Semiconservative model Dispersive model CONCLUSION Section 16.2

25.  It takes E. coli less than an hour to copy each of the 4.6 million nucleotide pairs in its single chromosome and divide to form two identical daughter cells.  A human cell can copy its 6 billion nucleotide pairs and divide into daughter cells in only a few hours.  This process is remarkably accurate, with only one error per 10 billion nucleotides. Section 16.2

26.  Replication begins at particular sites called origins of replication, where the two DNA strands are separated, opening up a replication “bubble”  A eukaryotic chromosome may have hundreds or even thousands of origins of replication  Replication proceeds in both directions from each origin, until the entire molecule is copied Section 16.2

27. Figure 16.12a (a) Origin of replication in an E. coli cell Origin of replication Parental (template) strand Double- stranded DNA molecule Daughter (new) strand Replication fork Replication bubble Two daughter DNA molecules 0.5  m Section 16.2

28. Figure 16.12b (b) Origins of replication in a eukaryotic cell Origin of replication Double-stranded DNA molecule Parental (template) strand Daughter (new) strand Bubble Replication fork Two daughter DNA molecules 0.25  m Section 16.2

29.  At the end of each replication bubble is a replication fork, a Y-shaped region where new DNA strands are elongating  Helicases are enzymes that untwist the double helix at the replication forks  Single-strand binding proteins bind to and stabilize single-stranded DNA  Topoisomerase corrects “overwinding” ahead of replication forks by breaking, swiveling, and rejoining DNA strands Section 16.2

30.  DNA polymerases cannot initiate synthesis of a polynucleotide; they can only add nucleotides to the 3 end  The initial nucleotide strand is a short RNA primer  An enzyme called primase can start an RNA chain from scratch and adds RNA nucleotides one at a time using the parental DNA as a template  The primer is short (5–10 nucleotides long), and the 3 end serves as the starting point for the new DNA strand Section 16.2

31.  Enzymes called DNA polymerases catalyze the elongation of new DNA at a replication fork  Most DNA polymerases require a primer and a DNA template strand  The rate of elongation is about 500 nucleotides per second in bacteria and 50 per second in human cells  Each nucleotide that is added to a growing DNA strand is a nucleoside triphosphate Section 16.2

32. Figure 16.13 Topoisomerase Primase RNA primer Helicase Single-strand binding proteins 5 3 5 5 3 3 Section 16.2

33. Figure 16.14 New strand Template strand Sugar Phosphate Base Nucleoside triphosphate DNA polymerase Pyrophosphate 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 OH P P i 2 P i P P P A A A A T T T T C C C C C C G G G G Section 16.2

34.  The antiparallel structure of the double helix affects replication  DNA polymerases add nucleotides only to the free 3  end of a growing strand; therefore, a new DNA strand can elongate only in the 5  to  3  direction  Along one template strand of DNA, the DNA polymerase synthesizes a leading strand continuously, moving toward the replication fork. Section 16.2

35. Figure 16.15 Leading strand Lagging strand Overview Origin of replication Lagging strand Leading strand Primer Overall directions of replication Origin of replication RNA primer Sliding clamp DNA pol III Parental DNA 3 5 5 3 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 Section 16.2

36.  To elongate the other new strand, called the lagging strand, DNA polymerase must work in the direction away from the replication fork  The lagging strand is synthesized as a series of segments called Okazaki fragments, which are joined together by DNA ligase Section 16.2

37. Origin of replication Overview Leading strand Lagging strand Overall directions of replication Template strand RNA primer for fragment 1 Okazaki fragment 1 RNA primer for fragment 2 Okazaki fragment 2 Overall direction of replication 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 Figure 16.16 Section 16.2

38.  Along one template strand, DNA polymerase III can synthesize a complementary strand continuously by elongating the new DNA in the mandatory 5  3 direction.  DNA pol III remains in the replication fork on that template strand and continuously adds nucleotides to the new complementary strand as the fork progresses.  The DNA strand made by this mechanism, called the leading strand, requires a single primer.  The other parental strand (5  3 into the fork), the lagging strand, is copied away from the fork.  Unlike the leading strand, which elongates continuously, the lagging stand is synthesized as a series of short segments called Okazaki fragments.  Okazaki fragments are about 1,000 to 2,000 nucleotides long in E. coli and 100 to 200 nucleotides long in eukaryotes.  Although only one primer is required on the leading strand, each Okazaki fragment on the lagging strand must be primed separately. Section 16.2

39. Figure 16.16a Origin of replication Overview Leading strand Lagging strand Overall directions of replication 1 2 Section 16.2

40. Figure 16.17 Overview Leading strand Origin of replication Lagging strand Leading strand Lagging strand Overall directions of replication Leading strand DNA pol III Lagging strand DNA pol I DNA ligase Primer Primase Parental DNA 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 1 4 Section 16.2

41. Figure 16.17a Overview Leading strand Origin of replication Lagging strand Leading strand Lagging strand Overall directions of replication Leading strand DNA pol III Primer Primase Parental DNA 5 5 3 3 3 Section 16.2

42. Overview Leading strand Origin of replication Lagging strand Leading strand Lagging strand Overall directions of replication Leading strand Primer DNA pol III DNA pol I Lagging strand DNA ligase 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 2 1 Figure 16.17b Section 16.2

43. Figure 16.18 Parental DNA DNA pol III Leading strand Connecting protein Helicase Lagging strand DNA pol III Lagging strand template 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 Section 16.2

44.  DNA polymerases proofread newly made DNA, replacing any incorrect nucleotides  In mismatch repair of DNA, repair enzymes correct errors in base pairing  DNA can be damaged by exposure to harmful chemical or physical agents such as cigarette smoke and X-rays; it can also undergo spontaneous changes  In nucleotide excision repair, a nuclease cuts out and replaces damaged stretches of DNA Section 16.2

45. Figure 16.19 Nuclease DNA polymerase DNA ligase 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Section 16.2

46.  Limitations of DNA polymerase create problems for the linear DNA of eukaryotic chromosomes  The usual replication machinery provides no way to complete the 5 ends, so repeated rounds of replication produce shorter DNA molecules with uneven ends  This is not a problem for prokaryotes, most of which have circular chromosomes  Eukaryotic chromosomal DNA molecules have special nucleotide sequences at their ends called telomeres  Telomeres do not prevent the shortening of DNA molecules, but they do postpone the erosion of genes near the ends of DNA molecules  It has been proposed that the shortening of telomeres is connected to aging Section 16.2

47. Ends of parental DNA strands Leading strand Lagging strand Last fragment Next-to-last fragment Lagging strand RNA primer Parental strand Removal of primers and replacement with DNA where a 3 end is available Second round of replication Further rounds of replication New leading strand New lagging strand Shorter and shorter daughter molecules 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 Section 16.2