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DNA Structure and Function. Chapter 12. Miescher Discovered DNA. 1868 Johann Miescher investigated the chemical composition of the nucleus Isolated an organic acid that was high in phosphorus He called it nuclein We call it DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). Griffith Discovers Transformation. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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DNA Structure and Function
Chapter 12
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Miescher Discovered DNA
• 1868• Johann Miescher investigated the chemical
composition of the nucleus• Isolated an organic acid that was high in
phosphorus• He called it nuclein• We call it DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
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Griffith Discovers Transformation
• 1928• Attempting to develop a vaccine• Isolated two strains of Streptococcus
pneumoniae– Rough strain was harmless– Smooth strain was pathogenic
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Griffith Discovers Transformation
1 Mice injected with live cells of harmless strain R.
2 Mice injected with live cells of killer strain S.
3 Mice injected with heat-killed S cells.
4 Mice injected with live R cells plus heat-killed S cells.
Mice die. Live S cells in their blood.
Mice live. No live R cells in their blood.
Mice die. Live S cells in their blood.
Mice live. No live S cells in their blood.
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Transformation
• What happened in the fourth experiment?
• The harmless R cells had been transformed by material from the dead S cells
• Descendents of the transformed cells were also pathogenic
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Mystery of the Hereditary Material
• Originally believed to be an unknown class of proteins
• Thinking was– Heritable traits are diverse– Molecules encoding traits must be diverse– Proteins are made of 20 amino acids and
are structurally diverse
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Oswald & Avery
• What is the transforming material?• Cell extracts treated with protein-digesting
enzymes could still transform bacteria• Cell extracts treated with DNA-digesting
enzymes lost their transforming ability• Concluded that DNA, not protein,
transforms bacteria
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Bacteriophages
• Viruses that infect bacteria
• Consist of protein and DNA
• Inject their hereditary material into bacteria
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Hershey & Chase’s Experiments
• Created labeled bacteriophages– Radioactive sulfur – Radioactive phosphorus
• Allowed labeled viruses to infect bacteria
• Asked: Where are the radioactive labels after infection?
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Hershey and Chase Results
virus particlelabeled with 35S
DNA (blue)being injected into bacterium
35S remainsoutside cells
virus particlelabeled with 32P
DNA (blue)being injected into bacterium
35P remainsinside cells
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Structure of the Hereditary Material
• Experiments in the 1950s showed that DNA is the hereditary material
• Scientists raced to determine the structure of DNA• 1953 - Watson and Crick proposed that DNA is a
double helix
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Structure of Nucleotides in DNA
• Each nucleotide consists of– Deoxyribose (5-carbon sugar)
– Phosphate group
– A nitrogen-containing base
• Four bases– Adenine, Guanine, Thymine, Cytosine
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Nucleotide Bases
sugar (deoxyribose)
adenine A
base with a double-ring
structure
guanine (G)
base with a double-ring
structure
cytosine (C)
base with a single-ring structure
thymine (T)
base with a single-ring structure
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Composition of DNA
• Chargaff showed:– Amount of adenine relative to guanine
differs among species
– Amount of adenine always equals amount of thymine and amount of guanine always equals amount of cytosine
A=T and G=C
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Watson-Crick Model
• DNA consists of two nucleotide strands
• Strands run in opposite directions
• Strands are held together by hydrogen bonds between bases
• A binds with T and C with G
• Molecule is a double helix
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Watson-Crick Model
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Patterns of Base Pairing
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Rosalind Franklin’s Work
• Was an expert in x-ray crystallography
• Used this technique to examine DNA fibers
• Concluded that DNA was some sort of helix
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DNA Structure Helps Explain How It Duplicates
• DNA is two nucleotide strands held together by hydrogen bonds
• Hydrogen bonds between two strands are easily broken
• Each single strand then serves as template for new strand
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DNA Replication
newnew old old
• Each parent strand remains intact
• Every DNA molecule is half “old” and half “new”
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Base Pairing during
Replication
Each old strand serves as the template for complementary new strand
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A Closer Look at Strand Assembly
Energy for strand assembly is provided by removal of two phosphate groups from free nucleotides
newlyformingDNAstrand
one parent DNA strand
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Enzymes in Replication
• Enzymes unwind the two strands
• DNA polymerase attaches complementary nucleotides
• DNA ligase fills in gaps
• Enzymes wind two strands together
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DNA Repair
• Mistakes can occur during replication
• DNA polymerase can read correct sequence from complementary strand and, together with DNA ligase, can repair mistakes in incorrect strand
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Cloning
• Making a genetically identical copy of an individual
• Researchers have been creating clones for decades
• These clones were created by embryo splitting
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• Showed that differentiated cells could be used to create clones
• Sheep udder cell was combined with enucleated egg cell
• Dolly is genetically identical to the sheep that donated the udder cell
Dolly: Cloned from an Adult Cell
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More Clones
• Mice• Cows• Pigs• Goats• & endangered species