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Biochem II exam 3
Biochem II exam 3
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Biochemistry
Graduate
02/07/2011

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Term
Puromicn
Definition
Inhibits bacterial translation because it is similar to an aminoacyl TRNA
Term
what sequence in mRNA is important for regulating its stability?
Definition
3' nontranslated region (UTR) promotes degradation of mRNA molecule
Term
what drug inhibits bacterial RNA polymerase?
Definition

Rifampin

inhibits during transcription

Term
During transcription of human genes, a complex of RNA polymerase initially assembles with...
Definition
General (basal) transcription factors
Term
What enzyme catalizes formation of a peptide bond between 2 AA?
Definition
Peptidyl transferase
Term
single splicing refers to the concept that
Definition
an activated tyrosine kinase may result in activation in several different signal transduction pathways within the cell
Term
the proteins fos and jun function as
Definition
nucler transcription factors
Term
post translational modification of collagen protein involves adding a hydroxyl group to the
Definition
Proline AA
Term
RAS proteins are activated by binding
Definition
GTP
Term
Telomerase action
Definition
RNA dependent DNA synthesis of a satalite repeat
Term
colon cancer is caused by
Definition
mismatch mutations
Term
Huntingtons due to
Definition
expression of microsatalite sequence
Term
restriction endonuclease
Definition
generates fragments of DSDNA
Term
deficiency in adenosine deaminase causes
Definition
immunodeficiency
Term
Consensus sequences are high in
Definition
A and T
Term
DNA stabilization
Definition
  • G≡C  A=T
  • hydrophobic interactions of bases (interior)
  • Phosphodiester conections
Term

DNA replication

Substrates

Products

Definition

Substrates: dNTPs

Product: Pyrophosphate

Term

5-fluorouracil

(methotrexate)

Definition
  • Replication inhibitor
  • prevents formations of precursors (base, nucleotides purines, pyrimidines)
Term
Doxorubicin, Etoposide & Teniposide
Definition
  • Inhibit human topoisomerase II 
  • treat neuroplastic diseases
  • increases cutting by topoisomerase, or decreases resealing.
Term
Telomerase
Definition
  • in stem cells and cancer cells
  • extends the 3' end of DNA
  • use RNA templte AAUCCC as part of enzyme
  • RNA primer synthesized by primase
  • DNA polymerase adds the TTAGGG
Term
Spontanious tatomeric shift
Definition
  • contributes to basal mutation rate
  • T binds with G
  • A binds with C
Term

Missense

 

nonsense

 

sense

Definition

Missense: change in AA

 

nonsense: causes a stop codon to be formed

 

sense: no change in AA

Term
Base excision repair
Definition
  • Fix spontaneous depurination/deamination
  • remove nucleotides that lost their base

 

Term
Nucleotide excision repair
Definition
  • Fix environmental damage, UV, smoking
  • Fix T-T dymers
  • T-T falls off, so nick, Ligase fixes nick
Term
Splicing of introns
Definition
  • Location identified by primary transcript
  • begin GU end AG
  • splicing done by spliceosome and SNURPS
Term
Stop codons
Definition

UAG

UGA

UAA

Term
Initiation
Definition
  • brings mRNA to ribosome
  • requires hydrolysis of GTP
  • initiates with AUG (MET)
  • methyl guanosine cap binding complex binds to cap site on mRNA (rate limiting step)
Term
Prenylation
Definition
adding a farnesyl or geranyl (from cholesterol synthesis)
Term
Gamma carboxylation
Definition

glutamic acid residues

(requires vitamin K)

precoagulation factors and bone proteins

Term
Trafficking proteins to lysosome
Definition

1. add manos-6-P to protein to acid hydrolase precursors

 

2. segregate protein from others in trans-golgi by binding to manos-6-P receptors at "clathrin pits"

 

3. clathrin coated vesicles bud off, bring protein to manos-6-P receptor

 

4. vessicle loses calthrin coat & fuses with endolysosomes.  at acidic PH protein separates from manos-6-P, Phosphatasein endolysosome removes P

Term
The AA sequence Asn-X-Ser or Asn-X-Thr on a nascent peptide
Definition
is a recognition sequence for the addition of a N-linked oligosachuride
Term
PCR
Definition

Amplify DNA

  1. DNA heated to break into SS DNA. 
  2. Primers added, dna cooled SSDNA->DSDNA
  3. Heat stable DNA polymerase and excess dNTPs added-> new complementry DNA strand made.
Term
RFLP
Definition
  • genetic varients resulting from mutations causing a + or - of a restriction site.
  • change in DNA frgment size after restriction digestion
  • detectable by southern blotting
  • RFLP analysis can be used if
  1. RFLP closely associated with the disease-causing mutation
  2. or mutation that gives rise to the disease is same as resulting in polymorphism.

good test for CF or Sickel Cell

Term
ASOs
Definition
  • Specific to unique DNA sequence
  • Used in PCR to find genotype
  • Dot plot
Term
SSCP
Definition
  • secondary structure of SS DNA is sequenze specific
  • run in gell, if mutation, will migrate at a different rate because different secondary structure.

 

Term
Alternative splicing
Definition
ability to form multiple proteins by joining different exons
Term
RNA stability
Definition

RNA half life.

  • Short lived mRNA code for regulatory proteins like growth factor
  • Long lived mRNA code for housekeeping

stability ↑ with 3' UTR stem loop.  & poly A tail.

Term
Antisense RNA oligonucleotides
Definition
  • Produced using sequence complementry to selected mRNA
  • bound mRNA sequence won't be translated in cytoplasm
  • Drug Fomivirsen
Term
Zinc finger proteins
Definition
regulate gene expression by binding to DSDNA
Term
Proteoglycans
Definition

Glycosaminoglycans (GASs) + Proteins

 

gell-like, resist strain, lots in cartalige/knee.

 

Term

Fibrous protein

Collagen

Definition
  • resistant to sheering force
  • 3 helicle polypeptide α chains, each 3rd AA is a Glycine
  • Synthesis requires Vitamin C
  • deficient = osteogenesis, marfan

 

Term
Cell junctions
Definition

Occluding (tight junctions): form barriers

Anchoring (Desmosomes): connect cells

 

 

Term
Cadherins
Definition
  • Ca dependent cell-cell adhesion
  • conects actin from cells together
Term
Selectins
Definition
  • Cell surface carb binding proteins
  • bind glycosylated ligands from 1 cell to another
  • important on monocytes in bloodstream for rolling
Term
IG
Definition
  • Ca independent cell-cell adhesion
  • weak adhesion, more regulatory.
Term
Integrins
Definition
  • Alpha and beta transmembrane chains
  • Mediates cell binding to ECM
  • Important for monocytes moving across endothelial cell.
  • fibronectin = ligand

 

Term
ASA
Definition
inhibits cyclooxygenase & platelet aggregation
Term
Plavix
Definition

bind to platelet receptors

inhibit platelet adhesion and agregation

Term
Warfarin
Definition
inhibits Vitamin K dependent gammacarboxylase so produce less VII, IX & X
Term
an absense of receptor Gp IIb/IIIa
Definition
reduced platelet aggregation due to impaired ability to bind fibrinogen
Term
Streptokinase
Definition
Induces formation of plasmin
Term
Gamma carboxylation of glutamic acid serves to
Definition
enable the factors to bind to Ca on the phospholipid surface of platelets
Term
Factor Xa
Definition
converts prothrombin (2) to thrombin (2a)
Term
DNA stabilization
Definition
  • G≡C  A=T
  • hydrophobic interactions of bases (interior)
  • Phosphodiester conections
Term

DNA replication

Substrates

Products

Definition

Substrates: dNTPs

Product: Pyrophosphate

Term
DNA Polymerase
Definition

adds nucleotide to 3' end of growing strand

catalyzes formation of phosphodiester bond

 

Term
DNA Primase
Definition
  • synthesizes short stranded RNA complementry to DNA template
Term
DNA Helicase
Definition
Unwraps short strand of DNA
Term
Polymerase proofreading
Definition

Not in humans

  • 3' to 5' exonuclease activity
  • removes nucleotides not part of the double helix

 

Term

Topoisomerase I

Topoisomerase II

Definition

I: catalyzes break in 1 strand of DS DNA to relieve tension.  new phosphodiester bond made.

 

II: catalyzes break in both strands of DS DNA to relieve tension.  new phosphodiester bond made

Term

5-fluorouracil

(methotrexate)

Definition
  • Replication inhibitor
  • prevents formations of precursors (base, nucleotides purines, pyrimidines)
Term

Anti Cancer drugs

(Doxorubicin)

Definition
  • Effect template or priming ability of growing strand
Term
Topoisomerase inhibitor
Definition
acts directly on polymerases or other enzymes
Term
Naladixic acid & Norfloxacin
Definition

treats UTI

inhibits DNA gyrase strand cutting reaction.

Term
Doxorubicin, Etoposide & Teniposide
Definition
  • Inhibit human topoisomerase II 
  • treat neuroplastic diseases
  • increases cutting by topoisomerase, or decreases resealing.
Term
Telomerase
Definition
  • in stem cells and cancer cells
  • extends the 3' end of DNA
  • use RNA templte AAUCCC as part of enzyme
  • RNA primer synthesized by primase
  • DNA polymerase adds the TTAGGG
Term
Spontanious tatomeric shift
Definition
  • contributes to basal mutation rate
  • T binds with G
  • A binds with C
Term

Base analog

who does bromouracil replace?

Definition
T
Term

Alkylating agents

 

Definition

adds R group or OH

(eg) methyl bromide, or ethylene oxide.

Term

Deaminating agent

A->

G->

C->

Definition

A-> Hypoxanthine

G-> Xanthine

C-> Uracil

Term

Transitions

 

Definition

point mutation

 

Transition: pur-> pur.  pyr-> pyr

(common)

 

Term
Transversion
Definition

Point mutation

Transversion: pur->pyr or Pyr-> pur

Term

Missense

 

nonsense

 

sense

Definition

Missense: change in AA

 

nonsense: causes a stop codon to be formed

 

sense: no change in AA

Term

Sickel cell

 

thalassemia

Definition

sickle cell: missense glutamine -> valine

on beta globin gene

 

thalassemia: deficient in beta-globin or alpha-globin

Term
Mismatch repair
Definition

fix errors from DNA polymerase

wrong nucleotide pairing

loss of mismatch repair gene = colon cancer

Term
Base excision repair
Definition
  • Fix spontaneous depurination/deamination
  • remove nucleotides that lost their base

 

Term
Nucleotide excision repair
Definition
  • Fix environmental damage, UV, smoking
  • Fix T-T dymers
  • T-T falls off, so nick, Ligase fixes nick
Term
Double stranded break repair
Definition
  • Damage from oxidation, chemotherapy
  • BRCA1&2: homologous recombination.  mutation = breast cancer
  • Fanconi Anemia: Mutation to DNA recombination repair enzymes
Term
RNA polymerase I
Definition
catalyzes formation of RRNA
Term
RNA polymerase II
Definition

catalyzes synthesis of MRNA

inhibited by α-amanitidine

Term
RNA polymerase III
Definition
catalyzes formation of TRNA
Term
Basal transcription complex
Definition
  • needs RNA polymerase II & TFII
  • TATA binding protein (TBP) binds to TATA to regulate

 

Term
TFIIH
Definition

transcription factor plays a role in transcription &

DNA repair. 

if deficient = xeroderma pigmentosum (XP)

Term
RNA processing
Definition

transcription results in RNA larger than MRNA. 

large RNA = hnRNA

introns cut out, donor and acceptor sites joined.

Term

Capping

 

Polyadenylation

Definition

Capping: 5' end capped by a methyl guanosine residue, protects from degredation by 5' exonuclease

Polyadenylaion: 3' end high AAUAAA, enzme cleave 20 BP downstream.

Term
SPlicing of introns
Definition
  • Location identified by primary transcript
  • begin GU end AG
  • splicing done by spliceosome and SNURPS
Term
mutations in splicing signals
Definition

Thalassemias: heredetary anemia

point mutations at TATA or at intron-exon boundry.

Term
Rifampin
Definition

inhibit bacteria DNA directed RNA synthesis

inhibits bacteria RNA polymerase.

inhibit enzyme stays bound to promoter

fights TB

Term
retrovirus
Definition

AZT/DdI

inhibit reverse transcriptase

nucleotide analog

Term
Stop codons
Definition

UAG

UGA

UAA

Term
Ribosomal translation
Definition

Aminoaceyl TRNA binds A site

peptidyl TRNA binds the P site

 

activity that catalizes peptide bond formation happens at large subunit.

Term
Initiation
Definition
  • brings mRNA to ribosome
  • requires hydrolysis of GTP
  • initiates with AUG (MET)
  • methyl guanosine cap binding complex binds to cap site on mRNA (rate limiting step)
Term

eIF2

eIF4E

 

Definition

eIF2: inactivated by phosphorylation.  Heme inhibits phosphorylation

eIF4E: activated by insulin to start protein synthesis

Term
Elongation
Definition

1. Binding of aminoacyl tRNA to A site (GDP)

2. Peptide bond formation catalized by peptidyl transferase.

3. Translocation.  tRNA leaves.

Term
Termination
Definition

stop codon

eRF" release factor

(GTP)

Term

Lysosome

Proteosome

Definition

Lysosome: degrade extracellular proteins

 

proteosome: degrade intracellular (requires ubiquinone marker)

Term

Bortezomid

(Velcade)

Definition

drug blocks proteosome activity

treat myeloma

Term
Streptomycin
Definition
inhibit initiation, cause misreading in prokaryotes
Term
Tetracycline
Definition
binds 30s subunit , inhibits binding of aminoacyl tRNAs in prokaryotes
Term
Erythromycin
Definition
binds 50S subunit, inhibit translocation in prokaryotes.
Term
Phosphorylation
Definition
happens on hydroxyl groups of serine, threonine, tyrosine
Term
GLycosylation
Definition

adding of sugar to serine, threonine asparagine

not happen in bacteria

Term
Hydroxylation
Definition

proline or lysine

in ER

requires ascorbate vitamin C

Term
Prenylation
Definition
adding a farnesyl or geranyl (from cholesterol synthesis)
Term
Gamma carboxylation
Definition

glutamic acid residues

(requires vitamin K)

precoagulation factors and bone proteins

Term
Trafficking proteins to lysosome
Definition

1. add manos-6-P to protein to acid hydrolase precursors

 

2. segregate protein from others in trans-golgi by binding to manos-6-P receptors at "clathrin pits"

 

3. clathrin coated vesicles bud off, bring protein to manos-6-P receptor

 

4. vessicle loses calthrin coat & fuses with endolysosomes.  at acidic PH protein separates from manos-6-P, Phosphatasein endolysosome removes P

Term
Insulin secretion
Definition

release regulated by glucagon, glucose, ARG

preproinsulin (has signal peptide)-> Proinsulin.  In golgi cleaved to make-> Insulin + C-Peptide

 

Insulin stored in cytosol in granules or vesicles untill release

Term
The AA sequence Asn-X-Ser or Asn-X-Thr on a nascent peptide
Definition
is a recognition sequence for the addition of a N-linked oligosachuride
Term
if all signal recognition particles are exhausted, and non SRPs are available
Definition
all proteins intended to be secreted would instead remain in the cytosol.
Term
DNA cloning
Definition
  1. Cut DNA using restriction endonuclease
  2. Insertion into a vector (bacterial plasmid) to make recombinant DNA
  3. Copy recombinant DNA in a cell based system (bacteria)
Term
Cloning Vectors
Definition
  • Bacteria plasmid is cut with same restriction endonuclease as human
  • Human DNA is inserted, sticky ends conect
  • DNA ligase makes the conection.
Term
Genomic DNA library
Definition

plasmids produced from a digest of genomic DNA

contains entire genomic DNA

exons, introns, (everything)

Term

Complementary DNA Libraries

(CDNA)

Definition

Plasmid from a digest of reverse-transcribed RNA

RNA->DNA

Contain DNA only from expressed genes

(Important stuff)

Term
Production of Theraputic Proteins
Definition
  1. Only cDNA can be expresed in bacteria
  2. coding sequence for cDNA joined to strong promoter in bacteria
  3. 5'-UTR of transcript contains ribosomal binding sequence
  4. vector has transcription & translation termination signals

 

Term
PCR
Definition

Amplify DNA

  1. DNA heated to break into SS DNA. 
  2. Primers added, dna cooled SSDNA->DSDNA
  3. Heat stable DNA polymerase and excess dNTPs added-> new complementry DNA strand made.
Term

In situ hybridization

FISH

 

Definition
  1. Probe added to denatured portion of DNA, and allowed to bind
  2. Excess unbound probes removed
  3. Site probe bound is identified.

FISH: uses probes of different colors to diagnose. 

Term

Southern blotting

RFLP analysis

DNA fingerprinting

Definition
  • DNA fingerprinting to detect DNA fragments containing specific sequences (eg) wild type of mutated gene.
  1. Extract DNA from cell
  2. restriction enzyme DNA-> DNA fragments
  3. separation by size by electrofloresis
  4. ID DNA by probe-hybridization
Term
RFLP
Definition
  • genetic varients resulting from mutations causing a + or - of a restriction site.
  • change in DNA frgment size after restriction digestion
  • detectable by southern blotting
  • RFLP analysis can be used it
  1. RFLP closely associated with the disease-causing mutation
  2. or mutation that gives rise to the disease is same as resulting in polymorphism.

good test for CF or Sickel Cell

Term
ASOs
Definition
  • Specific to unique DNA sequence
  • Used in PCR to find genotype
  • Dot plot
Term
SSCP
Definition
  • secondary structure of SS DNA is sequenze specific
  • run in gell, if mutation, will migrate at a different rate because different secondary structure.

 

Term
Transcription control
Definition
  • When and how often a gene sequence is copied to RNA
  • Activation: effect conversion of compact chromatin to extended structure
  • Modulation: effect transcription factors
Term
Transcription factors
Definition

General: abundent, assemble on all genes transcribed by RNA polymerase II

 

Specific: few, bind to specific DNA nucleotide sequences.  bind as homodimer/ heterodimer

Term

Processing of primary transcript

 

modifying synthesized molecules to make functional mRNA.

Definition
  1. Add methyl guanosine cap at 5'
  2. Add poly A tail at 3' for stability and translation efficiency
  3. Removal of introns, exons conected by RNA splicing.
Term
Transcription factor design
Definition
  • DNA binding domain Identifies specific DNA
  • Transcription activating domain accelerates assembly of general transcription factors at promotor site.
Term
Alternative splicing
Definition
ability to form multiple proteins by joining different exons
Term
RNA transport
Definition

mRNA exits nucleus through pores

nucleases degrade mRNA before it can leave.

Term
RNA stability
Definition

RNA half life.

  • Short lived mRNA code for regulatory proteins like growth factor
  • Long lived mRNA code for housekeeping

stability ↑ with 3' UTR stem loop.  & poly A tail.

Term
Translational control
Definition

regulate when mRNA is translated into protein

also initiation regulation

Term
Post-translational control
Definition

often proteins formed must be modified to be active.

like phosphorylation, gamma carboxylation

Term
Antisense RNA oligonucleotides
Definition
  • Produced using sequence complementry to selected mRNA
  • bound mRNA sequence won't be translated in cytoplasm
  • Drug Fomivirsen
Term
Zinc finger proteins
Definition
regulate gene expression by binding to DSDNA
Term
Proteoglycans
Definition

Glycosaminoglycans (GASs) + Proteins

GAGs: disachuride chans

(-), so repel.  H2o atracted.

gell-like, resist strain, lots in cartalige/knee.

protein with GAGs facing out (bottle brudh)

Hyaluronic acid (trunk of tree)

Term

Fibrous protein

Collagen

Definition
  • Protein fiber resistant to sheering force
  • 3 helicle polypeptide α chains, each 3rd AA is a Glycine
  • Synthesis requires Vitamin C
  • deficient = osteogenesis, marfan

 

Term

Fibrous protein

Elastin

Definition
  • Rubber bands with knots
  • small non polar AA residues, rich in Pro and Lys.  No hydroxyproline & hydroxylysine. 
  • At ECM tropoelastin scaffolds to fibrillin
  • Desmosine: 3 alysine residues + 1 lysine (knot)
  • excess = Ehlers-Danlos (stretchy skin)
Term
Adhesive protein
Definition
  • Fibrolectin & Laminin
  • has 3 integrins (binding domains) to collagen & proteoglycans.
Term
Cell junctions
Definition

holds 2 cells together

Occluding (tight junctions): form barriers

Anchoring (Desmosomes): connect cells

Communicating (gap): signal transfer

 

Term
Cadherins
Definition
  • Ca dependent cell-cell adhesion
  • conects actin from cells together
Term
Selectins
Definition
  • Cell surface carb binding proteins
  • bind glycosylated ligands from 1 cell to another
  • important on monocytes in bloodstream for rolling
Term
IG
Definition
  • Ca independent cell-cell adhesion
  • weak adhesion, more regulatory.
Term
Integrins
Definition
  • Alpha and beta transmembrane chains
  • Mediates cell binding to ECM
  • Important for monocytes moving across endothelial cell.
  • fibronectin = ligand

 

Term
Fatty streak formation
Definition
  • Innermost layer of blood vessel (Intima)
  1. Damage to endothelium
  2. Monocite adheres to site and becomes lipid-ingesting macrophage.
Term
Inhibiting coagulation
Definition

TFP I: Protease inhibitor, inhibits VIIa and Xa

Anithrombin: inhibits Thrombin & Xa

 

Term
Protein C & S
Definition

destroys Va and VIIIa

  1. Thrombin binds to thrombomodulin
  2. Thrombin cleaves protein C to protein Ca
  3. Protein Ca and cofactor protein S cleave & destroy F Va and F VIIIa
Term
Fibrinolysis
Definition

breakdown of fibrin clot

TPA released from endothelium binds to fibrin clots, activates plasminogen to plasmin

Term
ASA
Definition
inhibits cyclooxygenase & platelet aggregation
Term
Plavix
Definition

bind to platelet receptors

inhibit platelet adhesion and agregation

Term
Heparin
Definition

activates antithrombin

Heparin neutralized by Protamine

 

Term
Warfarin
Definition
inhibits Vitamin K dependent gammacarboxylase so produce less VII, IX & X
Term
an absense of receptor Gp IIb/IIIa
Definition
reduced platelet aggregation due to impaired ability to bind fibrinogen
Term
Streptokinase
Definition
Induces formation of plasmin
Term
Antithrombin deficiency
Definition
conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin continues for a long time
Term
Gamma carboxylation of glutamic acid serves to
Definition
enable the factors to bind to Ca on the phospholipid surface of platelets
Term
Factor Xa
Definition
converts prothrombin (F II) to thrombin (F IIa)
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