each structural gene has its own promoter, and is transcribed separately
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17.1 Eukaryotic Cells and Bacteria Have Many Features of Gene Regulation in Common, but They Differ in Several Important Ways. Each structural gene has its own promoter, and is transcribed separately. DNA must unwind from the histone proteins before transcription. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
17.1 Eukaryotic Cells and Bacteria Have Many Features of Gene Regulation in Common, but
They Differ in Several Important Ways
• Each structural gene has its own promoter, and is transcribed separately.
• DNA must unwind from the histone proteins before transcription.
• Activators are more common in Eukaryotes.
• Transcription and translation are separated in time and space.
• DNase I hypersensitivity• DNase I hypersensitive sites: more open
chromatin configuration site, upstream of the transcription start site
• Histone modification• Addition of methyl groups to the histone
protein tails• Addition of acetyl groups to histone proteins
17.2 Changes in Chromatin Structure Affect the Expression of Genes
• Chromatin remodeling
• Chromatin-remodeling complexes: bind directly to DNA sites and reposition nucleosomes
• DNA methylation of cytosine bases adjacent to guanine nucleotides (CpG)–CpG islands
17.2 Changes in Chromatin Structure Affect the Expression of Genes
• Trancriptional activators, coactivators, and repressors
17.3 The Initiation of Transcription Is Regulated by Transcription Factors and Transcriptional
Activator Proteins
• Transcriptional activator protein GAL4
17.3 The Initiation of Transcription Is Regulated by Transcription Factors and Transcriptional
Activator Proteins
Concept Check 1
Most transcriptional activator proteins affect transcription by interacting with .
a. introns
b. the basal transcription apparatus
c. DNA polymerase
d. nucleosomes
Concept Check 1
Most transcriptional activator proteins affect transcription by interacting with .
a. introns
b. the basal transcription apparatus
c. DNA polymerase
d. nucleosomes
• Enhancers and insulators
• Enhancer: DNA sequence stimulating transcription from a distance away from promoter• May increase transcription of many genes in
vicinity
• Insulator: DNA sequence that blocks or insulates the effect of enhancers
17.3 The Initiation of Transcription Is Regulated by Transcription Factors and Transcriptional
Activator Proteins
• Coordinated gene regulation
• Response elements: common regulatory elements upstream of the start sites of a collective group of genes in response to a common environmental stimulus
• Heat-shock proteins
17.3 The Initiation of Transcription Is Regulated by Transcription Factors and Transcriptional
Activator Proteins
• Gene regulation through RNA splicing
17.4 Some Genes Are Regulated by RNA Processing and Degradation
• The degradation of RNA
• 5′-cap removal
• Shortening of the poly(A) tail
• Degradation of 5′ UTR, coding sequence, and 3′ UTR
17.4 Some Genes Are Regulated by RNA Processing and Degradation
• Small interfering RNAs and microRNAs
• RISC: RNA-induced silencing complex
17.5 RNA Interference Is an Important Mechanism of Gene Regulation
• Mechanisms of Gene regulation by RNA interference• RNA cleavage: RISC containing an siRNA,
pair with mRNA molecules and cleavage to the mRNA
• Inhibition of translation• Transcriptional silencing: altering chromatin
structure• Silencer-independent degradation of mRNA
17.5 RNA Interference Is an Important Mechanism of Gene Regulation
• Model Genetic Organism
• The plant Arabidopsis thaliana
17.6. Some Genes Are Regulated by Processes That Affect Translation or by
Modification of Proteins