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DNA Structure and Protein synthesis. What is DNA?. DNA = deoxyribonucleic acid Chromosomes are made of DNA It carries genetic information: controls the activities of cells by providing instructions for making proteins Every nucleated cell in your body contains DNA.
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What is DNA? • DNA = deoxyribonucleic acid • Chromosomes are made of DNA • It carries genetic information: controls the activities of cells by providing instructions for making proteins • Every nucleated cell in your body contains DNA.
Alfred Hersey and Martha Chase Experiment (1952) • protein coat and the DNA of bacteriophage (virus that attacks bacteria) were marked using radioactive sulphur (35S) and phosphorus (32P), • bacteriophage DNA (radioactive) moved into the bacterial cells and directed them to produce new bacteriophages (radioactive) • protein coating(radioactive) was left outside the cell, new bacteriophages were not radioactive • conclusion: DNA, not protein, carries genetic information
Earlier work by a biochemist P.A. Levine • DNA was made up of nucleotides. • Each nucleotide is made up of three parts. 1) A sugar called deoxyribose 2) a phosphate group (phosphoric acid) 3) one of the four nitrogen containing bases (adenine, guanine, thymine and cytosine – A, G, T, C) • Levine found that each nitrogen base is attached to a sugar, and each sugar is attached to a phosphate group to form a single nucleotide. • Each nucleotide is named for the base it contains.
Other studies: • nucleotides are joined together to form long chains. • Erwin Chargaff: equal number of adenine and thymine as well as guanine and cytosine. (#A = #T, #G = #C)
Discovering the Double Helix-Information scientists knew: • DNA is made up of nucleotides • Nucleotides are linked together in a string. • In each DNA molecule there is an equal number of A – T and an equal number of G-C • If the nucleotides are strung in a straight line, a typical DNA molecule would be over 1 meter long. Somehow it must be compressed.
Rosalind Franklin (1953) • British crystallographer, was able to photograph molecules using x-rays. (X-ray diffraction) • These patterns indicated DNA was like a coil. The DNA molecule had a constant diameter of 2 nm. It did not get wider or narrower in some parts of the molecule.
James Watson and Francis Crick • came up with the current model for DNA. They compared it to a spiral staircase. • They called this shape a double helix. They also determined that nitrogen bases were always paired in the same manner. These paired nitrogen bases are called complementary base pairs. (A with T, G with C)
Links • DNA Structure • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy8dk5iS1f0&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-hrLs03KjY • DNA Replication • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfZ8o9D1tus&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z685FFqmrpo&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGUuX4PGlCc&feature=related • RNA synthesis • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXJzNI_t_r4 • RNA to Protein • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJxobgkPEAo • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=983lhh20rGY
DNA Sequencing • Unique genetic information is determined by the sequence of nucleotides. • A sequence of A-T-C-G-G-A carries different information from the sequence C-A-G-T-T-A. The closer the relationship between two organisms, the greater the similarities in their DNA sequences. • The order of base pairs in a DNA molecule makes up the genetic code of an organism to produce proteins.
Predicting the opposite base sequence • What would be the opposite strand of DNA if the sequence was? • A-T-C-G-A-G-T-T-G
A-T-C-G-A-G-T-T-G • Opposite strand: T-A-G-C-T-C-A-A-C
What is DNA responsible for? • DNA determines how amino acids are strung together and how proteins are made. The sequence of amino acids is determined by the sequence of NUCLEOTIDES in the DNA. • A gene is a segment of DNA that controls the production of a protein. • The genetic information on DNA must be transcribed to RNA to make proteins.
Polypeptide Chain • Proteins are made up of 20 kinds of amino acids. For each protein, amino acids are linked together in a certain order. • Linked amino acids form long chains called polypeptides, and two or more polypeptides are joined to make a particular protein. • Examples of protein: Keratin - nails and hair Insulin – hormone, controls sugar levels. Hemoglobin -in red blood cells Enzymes
Genetic Information must be transcribed from DNA to RNA • RNA= ribonucleic acid • - contains ribose sugar (one more oxygen than in DNA) • - single stranded, • - uracil replaces thymine, adenine pairs with uracil, guanine pairs with cytosine (A-U,G-C) • - found in the nucleus and the cytoplasm of a cell
Three Types of RNA • 1) messenger RNA (mRNA): acts as a messenger that carries the DNA information from the nucleus to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm • 2) transfer RNA (tRNA): delivers amino acids to ribosomes • 3) ribosomal RNA (rRNA): Binds with proteins to form the ribosomes
Summary • 3 nitrogen bases (3 nucleotides) on DNA (ex. GAA) 3 nitrogen bases (3 nucleotides) or a codon on RNA (ex. CUU) 1 amino acid (ex. Leucine) 20 different types of amino acids a polypeptide chain many polypeptide chains protein
Steps from DNA to Protein: • 1. An enzyme binds to DNA and unzips the two strands. DNA opens like a zipper. • 2. Transcription: Another enzyme attaches nucleotides on one of the two open DNA strands as a template to make an mRNA strand. • Ex) DNA Strand • GCGCGTATGCATTAGTCGTCACGTACATGGTACTGATCA • RNA Strand?
RNA sequence • Ex) DNA Strand • GCGCGTATGCATTAGTCGTCACGTACAT GGTACTGATCA • RNA Strand? (U instead of T) • CGCGCAUACGUAAUCAGCAGUGCAUGUA CCAUGACUAGU same as the opposite DNA strand (nontemplate strand)
Steps from DNA to Protein: • 3. The mRNA detaches from the DNA template and moves out of the nucleus. It travels to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm.
Steps from DNA to Protein • 4. Translation: A ribosome attaches to the mRNA. Each set of 3 bases, known as a CODON, codes for an amino acid. tRNA brings an amino acid to the ribosome according to the codon on the RNA. Amino acids make up a polypeptide chain. • 5. The polypeptide chain leaves the ribosome and joins with other polypeptide chains. They fold and form a protein.
Codons on RNA • Start codon - AUG (Methionine) This sequence indicates the FIRST amino acid in the chain that will grow to be a protein. • Stop Codon (UAA, UAG, UGA)– indicates that no more amino acids should be added and a particular protein is complete.
Q1. What amino acid does this 3 base sequence (codon) code for? • 1) ACU: threonine • 2) CGA: arginine
Q2. What codon(s) code for • 1)glycine? GGU, GGC, GGA, GGG 2)leucine? UUA, UUG, CUU, CUC, CUA, CUG