the function of dna is information transfer and storage
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The function of DNA is information transfer and storage. 1. DNA is copied to more DNA in DNA replication 2. Gene expression i.e. Transcription- synthesis of RNA from only one strand of a double stranded DNA helix - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The function of DNA is information transfer and storage
1. DNA is copied to more DNA in DNA replication
2. Gene expression i.e.
Transcription- synthesis of RNA from only one strand of a double stranded DNA helix
Translation- ribosome mediated synthesis of a polypeptide from a messenger RNA molecule
DNA replication
A polymerisation reaction with the typical 3 phases
• initiation,
• elongation,
• termination
Initiation occurs at replication origins
Initiation
• occurs at Ori C (origin of chrm replication)
• a 245 bp region with 2 conserved sequences
• 3 tandem 13bp repeats
• 4 copies of a 9 bp sequence
• Dna A protein molecules with bound ATP bind to 9 bp repeats
• Facilitated by HU protein• The 3 x 13 bp repeats are sequencially
denatured to give the open complex• A complex formed by Dna B and Dna C bind to
the melted region, Dna C is released• In the presence of SSB protein and Dna gyrase
the Dna B helicase unwinds the DNA in preparation for priming and DNA synthesis
Replication occurs at origins
Elongation
• Leading and lagging strand synthesis
• Parental DNA is unwound (helicases) and topological stress removed (gyrases/topoisomerases)
• Separated strand stabilised by SSB
• Leading strand
• Primase (DnaG protein) synthesises a short RNA primer at origin
• DNA pol III builds complimentary strand from ds primer
• continuous process
• Lagging
• Primase synthesizes many RNA primers along lagging strand
• Each primer is extended by DNA pol III
• Synthesis proceeds in 5' to 3' direction i.e. the direction opposite to the fork movement
• Synthesis is discontinuous in the form of multiple Okazaki fragments
lagging continued..........• Synthesis continues until fragment
extends as far as the primer of the previously added Okazaki sequence
• Note both strands are synthesised by a single asymetric dimer of DNA pol III that moves in the direction of the replication fork
• This is achieved in the case of the lagging strand by the DNA looping around the part of the dimer DNA pol III
• DnaB (helicase) and Dna G (primase) together form the primosome
• 1000 nucleotides of new DNA added per second to each strand
• RNA primers are removed (exonuclease activity) and replaced with DNA (polymerase) by DNA pol I and the remaining nick is sealled by a ligase using NAD as a cofactor
Termination• Eventually the 2 relication forks of E.coli meet
at a terminus region containing many copies of a 20 bp sequence called Ter
• These sequences are binding sites for a protein called Terminal utilization substance (Tus)
• Tus-Ter complex arrests the replication fork in one direction
• The other replication fork halts when they meet.
• the few hundred base pairs in between the protein complexes are replicated by an as yet unknown mechanism resulting in 2 interlinked circular chromosomes
• separation requires Topoisomerase IV• separate chrm are then segregated at
cell division
Proteins at the E coli replication Fork
SSB binds to ssDNA and
stabilizes it
DnaB protein (helicase) DNA unwinding; primosome
constituent
Dna G protein (Primase) RNA primer synthesis;
primosome constituent
DNA pol III New strand elongation
DNA pol I Excision of primers and filling
of gaps
DNA ligase Ligation
DNA gyrase supercoiling
(DNA topoisomerase II)
DNA polymerasesDNA pol I DNA pol II DNA pol III
Mol.wt.
(Daltons) 103,000 88,000 900,000
polymerizatn
rate 16-20 7 250-1000
(nucleotides/second)
3' to 5'
exonuclease
activity yes yes yes
5' to 3‘
exonuclease
activity yes no no
Functions proof reading and repair replicatn