eukaryotic mrna processing alternative splicing cap and tail exon intron exon intron exon dna...
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Eukaryotic mRNA
processing
Alternative splicing
Cap and Tail
Exon Intron Exon Intron Exon
DNA
Cap TranscriptionAddition of cap and tail
RNAtranscript with capand tail
Introns removedTail
Exons spliced together
mRNA
Coding sequence
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Alternative Splicing of Exons
mmnvnavyakcvtpdeavtlitsgshlsgmfaaeppallnalakrakr*
mmnvnavyakcvtpdgmfaaeppallnalakrakr*
eavtlitsgshlsgmfaaeppallnalakrakr*
Can result in related proteins
This version has all exons included:
These versions have different exons included in the final verison of the protein
Alternative splicing makes it possible for a single gene to code for a number of different variations of a protein. Splicing patterns can be tissue-specific, so that a certain variation
of a protein is produced in a specific tissue.
Gene Mutations
Which is most harmful? Which is least harmful?What would happen if a base
was inserted?
Normal gene
mRNA
Base substitution
Base deletion Missing
Met Lys Phe Gly Ala
Met Lys Phe Ser Ala
Met Lys Leu Ala His
A U G A A G U U U G G C G C A
A U G A A G U U U A G C G C A
A U G A A G U U G G C G C A U
U
Protein