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Biochem Final

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What is a characteristic of a bacterial promoter?

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What is an example of a transcriptional control for gene X?

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What is a rho independent termination?

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front 4

DNA binding proteins serve as activators most like as _________.

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Transcriptional regulators typically have what characteristics?

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What factors lead to a positive regulation of the lac operon?

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What does cAMP do to the protein CAP?

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What are some true statements about prokaryotic promoters?

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front 9

Most DNA binding proteins regulate gene expression in prokaryotes by ______.

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Housekeeping genes are typically _______.

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front 11

Draw where the sigma factor binds to the promoter sequence and the location of the RNA polymerase in a prokaryotic system

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Explain how cAMP helps CAP regulate lac operon

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why is the lac operon considered leaky

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Why is a leaky expression of lacZYA beneficial when lactose levels are high.

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How can liver cells and neurons have the same genome, but different functions?

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depends on gene regulation

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What is required for prokaryotic transcription

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promoter, terminator

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DNA and RNA

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structurally the same but differ in ribose sugar and U vs T bases

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DNA and mRNA

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mRNA has same sequence in coding DNA but T is replaced by U

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RNA polymerase

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transcribes DNA message to RNA

needs a promoter

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general transcription factors (eukaryotes) and sigma factors (prokaryotes)

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help RNA pol to find correct promoter

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prokaryotic gene organization

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1 promoter for several genes that function in same or related pathways

called operons

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eukaryotic gene organization

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1 promoter per gene

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RNA polymerase + sigma factor =

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holoenzyme

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sigma factors recognize ____

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DNA promoter sequences upstream from transcrption start site (+1)

(-35 and -10)

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sigma70 in E. coli

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drives expression for cell growth and survival (housekeeping genes)

alternate sigma factors expressed to stress or other triggers

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after being positioned on the DNA, RNA polymerase unwinds the DNA helix. Where does the initial unwinding occur?

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-10 box of promoter

more AT bonds --> less energy

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After transcription initiation RNAP ___

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adds NTPs still, synthesizes RNA transcript, synthesizes RNA 5' to 3'

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why is a terminator needed

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because RNA polymerase doesn't know when to stop

front 29

where are GC rich sequences found

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3' untranslated end (UTR) of mRNA and bound to Rho protein

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Rho proteins and RNAP

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RNA wraps around Rho and pulls it closer to RNAP, the contact between these 2 signals to stop transcription

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prokaryotic terminator

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hairpin of GC with a set of UUUU at the 3' end

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transcription regulators usually interact with DNA thru

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non covalent interactions

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major vs minor groove

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major shows more bases than minor

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activators

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bind to specific DNA sequence and activate downstream genes

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repressors

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bind at DNA sequence and inhibit gene transcription

usually blocks RNAP

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lac operon

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controls expression of genes used in lactose breakdownuu