Nuclear and DNA
Organization

DNA

Replication

Mode of replication

Dispersive

Semi conservative

two original DNA strands

Conservative

2 Mix DNA strands

Discovered by

Meselson-Stahl

Proof Reading and repair

Proof Reading

half of the new DNA double helices would be composed of completely old, or original

Damage repair mechanism

Excision

Double Strand Break repair

Direct

Undone by Enzymes of the cell

Removal and replacement

Use to repair Double Stranded breaks in DNA

Reversal of Damage

used to restore damaged DNA

Check if there is a mismatched pair

Transcription

Contain three different Genes

Gene 2

Gene 3

Gene 1

Encodes mRNA to make a polypeptide

Encodes regulatory RNA which regulates expression of other Genes

Encodes tRNA which folds like a cloverleaf and plays key role in the synthesis of protein

Promoter

DNA unwind

RNA copy the template strand

5'3'

Hydroxyl group that is attached to 3 carbon sugar group

5 Carbon chain

Tells where to start

Human

Bacteria

Contains -10 and -35 elements

TATA Box

Elongation

strands get longer due to addition of new nucleotides

Termination

Eukaryotes

Bacteria

Rho-dependent termination

Rho-independent termination

RNA hits the region rich in C and G

Binding site Rho factor ends the transcription process

Termination happens when polyadenylation appears

Ready to be used mRNA

Translation

Process the mRNA and check for introns and exons

Introns are the junk materials

Exons are the good materials that were pasted together

RNA Splicing

Alternative Splicing

Allows more than one gene to be made from the same gene

Decode mRNA to build polypeptide

Eukaryote

Initiation

tRNA carrying methionine attaches to small ribosomal

Bind to the 5'
end of the mRNA by recognizing the 5' GTP cap

tRNA attached to small ribosomal unit "walk" along the mRNA in the 3' direction, stopping when they reach the start codon

Elongaion

Codon recognition

Bacteria

Initiation

Small ribosomal unit attaches to Shine-Dalgarno sequences

Initiation starts after Shine-Dalgarno sequences

Peptide bond formation

Translocation

Process of matching codons to the correct amino acids

Dehydration synthesis process

Carboxyl group of one amino acid moves towards the amino group of another amino acid

Subsequently, one hydrogen and one oxygen atoms are lost from the carboxyl group (COOH) of the first amino acid.

chromosome breaks and a portion of it reattaches to a different chromosome

Elongaion

Codon recognition

Peptide bond formation

Translocation

chromosome breaks and a portion of it reattaches to a different chromosome

Dehydration synthesis process

Carboxyl group of one amino acid moves towards the amino group of another amino acid

Subsequently, one hydrogen and one oxygen atoms are lost from the carboxyl group (COOH) of the first amino acid.

Process of matching codons to the correct amino acids

Termination

Ends when it reaches stop codons (UAA, UAG, UGA)