chapter 8: microbial genetics. genome: genetic information in a cell chromosome: contains the...
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Genome: genetic information in a cell
Chromosome: contains the genes-segments of DNA
DNA: nucleotide base pairs - genetic code for proteins
Central Dogma:DNA - RNA - ProteinsGenomics: sequencing
and molecular characterization of genomes
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Bacteria
Single circular chromosome
Looped and folded and attached at one or several points to the plasma
membrane
THAT SPELLS DNA
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We start the story when Mom met DadAnd they danced all night and he took her homeIt might have been all the wine they hadBut they rolled the dice and won your genome
Then you grew and you grew and one day you were youAnd you looked like your father and motherIF you’re looking for someone convenient to blameYou can take your pick it’s one or the other
DNA, you’re in my heartDNA, in fact you’re in every part of my bodyEach cell has a nucleus, each nucleus has chromosomesAnd DNA, baby, that spells DNA
Guanine met Cytosine, fell in loveAnd then Thymine got busy with AdenineThey sent the messenger-RNATo the ribosome to make more protein
And while it’s killing you dead it will mess with your headAnd it’s the light in the dark that will guide youIt’s the pages and pages of what you are like In the giant book that’s hidden inside you
DNA, you’re in my heartDNA, in fact you’re in every part of my bodyEach cell has a nucleus, each nucleus has chromosomesAnd DNA, baby, that spells DNA
If it says TGGTCGAACThen you might get the cancerIf it says GTCACGACAGGThen you shouldn’t eat shrimp or nutsIf it says TATACACATATCCTCGTThen you’ll probably wish that you didn’t know
The time will come when you’re almost goneAnd you try to guess but you’ll never knowYou do your best and you soldier onEvery day you’re here till it’s time to go
All the good things and bad that you do or don’t haveYou can find out for sure if you got’emBut there’s a spiraling staircase that you’re falling downAnd you’re nothing but dead at the bottom
DNA, you’re in my heart
DNA, in fact you’re in every part of my body
Each cell has a nucleus, each nucleus has chromosomes
And DNA, baby, that spells DNA
DNA RNA PROTEINS • Semiconservative replication: each new DNA
molecule contains one original and one new strand
• Requires TONS of energy - supplied by the nucleotides (nucleoside triphosphates)
*Two phosphates are removed to add the nucleotide to a
growing stand
*Hydrolysis (exergonic)
• Accurate: mistakes made in 1 in every 1010 bases ***Proofreading-DNA pol
Replication Transcription Translation
DNA RNA PROTEINS Bacteria: • Some replicate bidirectionally around the chromosome• Two replication forks move in opposite direction away
from the origin of replication• Eventually meet when replication is completeEx: E.coli
Replication Transcription Translation
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GENE REGULATION
• Turning on and off genes• Save energy and resources• Repression: Turns OFF
– Response to overabundance of an end product– Repressors block RNA pol
Ex: Tryptophan in E. colifile:///Volumes/Tortora_Micro_10e_DVD1/Chapter_08/C_Animations_and_Videos/a_Microbiology_Animations/operons_repression.swf
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GENE REGULATION
• Induction: Turns ON– Inducer: acts to induce transcription– EX: lac operon
• E. coli (bacteria that live in intestines of mammals)• Discovered how genes control the metabolism of the sugar
lactose• Lactose: disaccharide made of glucose and galactose• Milk sugar
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBwtxdI1zvk&feature=related
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When there is/is not lactose
LACTOSE PRESENT: It induces E. coli to produce three enzymes which will metabolize lactose
LACTOSE ABSENT: three enzymes will not be made. Lactose will not be broken down.
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DNA of E.coli
Regulator gene: codes for repressor genePromoter: DNA segment that is recognized by the enzyme RNA
polOperator: DNA segment that serves as a “switch” controlling the
access of RNA pol to the promoterStructural genes: code for 3 enzymes that break down lactose
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Operon “turned off”• Repressor protein attaches to the operator
physically blocking RNA pol from attaching
RNA pol
Operon “turned on”
• Lactose present (acts as inducer starts gene expression)
• Binds to the repressor protein
• Repressor changes shapes and detaches from operator
• RNA pol is not blocked anymore
• All three enzymes can be produced
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• E. coli is able to turn off and on genes when lactose is present/absent
• Bacteria saves resources and produce only those proteins that are needed
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• GOOD– New enhanced activity
that benefits the cell
• BAD– Inactive or less active,
lethal?
• SILENT(neutral)– No change in activity
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Types of Mutations
Base Substitution (point)• Single base in DNA is replacedMissense mutation: substitution results in an amino acid
substitutionNonsense mutation: creates a stop codon in the middle of
mRNA....preventing synthesis of protein
Frameshift• One or a few nucleotide pairs are deleted or inserted in the
DNA• Change the reading frame of codons
*Mutations can occur spontaneously or by mutagens
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Genetic Transfer and Recombination1. Transformation: genes transferred from one
bacterium to another as “naked” DNA
2. Conjugation: transfer of a plasmid
3. Transduction: transfer of DNA via a virus
HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN?
• Can happen naturally after cell death and cell lysis• Cell wall becomes permeable to large DNA molecules• Use surface proteins and type 4 pili to extend and take it in• Works best when donor and recipient cells are closely related
Artificial transformation:– Competence: when recipient cell is in a physiological state
to take up donor DNA– Changing the ionic strength of the medium and heating the
cells in the presence of positive ions (Calcium)– Makes cell membrane permeable
Conjugation
Movement of a plasmidb/w two cellsPlasmid: small, self-replicating,
gene-containing circular piece of DNA
1. Requires direct cell to cell contact
2. Opposite mating types (donor cell has a plasmid, recipient cells do not)
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Transduction
• Bacterial DNA is transferred from a donor cell to recipient inside a virus that infects bacteria
• Bacteriophage (phage)
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pBLU Transformation
• Use an ampicillin-sensitive strain of E. coli, incapable of producing b-galactosidase for lactose breakdown
• Induce it to take up pBLU plasmid DNA
• Plasmid contains genes for Ampicillin resistance and the entire b-glactosidase gene
• http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/library/onlinebio/14_1.jpg