1. Ch. 16 Warm-Up
1. Draw and label a nucleotide. 2. What is the complementary DNA strand to: DNA: A T C C G T A T G A A C 3. Explain the semiconservative model of DNA replication.

2. Ch. 16 Warm-Up
4. Chargaff’s Rules: If cytosine makes up 22% of the nucleotides, then adenine would make up ___ % ?

3. THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
Chapter 16

4. What you must know The structure of DNA.
The major steps to replication.
The difference between replication, transcription, and translation.
The general differences between the bacterial chromosome and eukaryotic chromosomes.
How DNA is packaged into a chromosome.

5. 16.1 Problem:
Is the genetic material of organisms made of DNA or proteins?

6. Frederick Griffith (1928)
Transformation

7. Frederick Griffith (1928)
Conclusion: living R bacteria transformed into deadly S bacteria by unknown, heritable substance
Oswald Avery, et al. (1944)
Discovered that the transforming agent was DNA

8. Hershey and Chase (1952) Bacteriophages (bacteria – eaters):
T2 virus infects bacteria;
(Has two parts protein and DNA)
But which part is the transforming agent?????
Tagged Protein = Radioactive S
Tagged DNA = Radioactive P

9. Hershey and Chase (1952)
Mixed radioactive sulfur phages with bacteria – incorporated into their protein
Mixed radioactive phosphorous phages with bacteria – incorporated into their DNA
Conclusion: DNA entered infected bacteria  DNA must be the genetic material!

10. Edwin Chargaff (1947)
Known DNA is a polymer of nucleotides with three parts
Chargaff’s Rules:
DNA composition varies between species
Ratios:
%A = %T and %G = %C

11. Rosalind Franklin (1950’s)
Worked with Maurice Wilkins
X-ray crystallography = images of DNA
Provided measurements on chemistry of DNA

12. James Watson & Francis Crick (1953)
Discovered the double helix by building models to conform to Franklin’s X-ray data and Chargaff’s Rules.

13. Structure of DNA DNA = double helix “Backbone” = sugar + phosphate
“Rungs” = nitrogenous bases

14. Structure of DNA Nitrogenous Bases Pairing: Adenine (A) Guanine (G)
Thymine (T)
Cytosine (C)
Pairing:
purine + pyrimidine
A = T
G Ξ C
Purine – 2 Rings
Pyrimidine – 1 ring

15. Structure of DNA
Hydrogen bonds between base pairs of the two strands hold the molecule together like a zipper.

16. Antiparallel: one strand (5’ 3’), other strand runs in opposite, upside-down direction (3’  5’)
Phosphate group
The 5' and 3' mean "five prime" and "three prime", which indicate the carbon numbers in the DNA's sugar backbone. The 5' carbon has a phosphate group attached to it and the 3' carbon a hydroxyl group. This asymmetry gives a DNA strand a "direction"
Hydroxyl group

17. DNA Comparison Double-stranded Circular One chromosome In cytoplasm
Prokaryotic DNA
Eukaryotic DNA
Double-stranded
Circular
One chromosome
In cytoplasm
No histones
Supercoiled DNA
Double-stranded
Linear
Usually 1+ chromosomes
In nucleus
DNA wrapped around histones (proteins)
Forms chromatin

18. 16.2 Problem: How does DNA replicate?

19. Replication: Making DNA from existing DNA
3 alternative models of DNA replication

20. Meselson & Stahl

21. Replication is semiconservative

22. DNA Replication Video

23. Bacteria Replication Begins at single site - origin of replication
Proteins that initiate replication recognize the sequence and sep. two strands
“Bubble”
Both directions
500 nucleotides
per second

25. Eukaryotic Replication:
Helicase: unwinds DNA at many origins of replication
Initiation proteins separate 2 strands  forms replication bubble
Proceeds in both directions
Primase: puts down RNA primer to start replication, short stretch
DNA polymerase III: adds complimentary bases to leading strand (new DNA is made 5’  3’)
Lagging strand grows in 3’5’ direction by the addition of Okazaki fragments
DNA polymerase I: replaces RNA primers with DNA
DNA ligase: seals fragments together

26. 1. Helicase unwinds DNA at origins of replication and creates replication forks

27. 2. Primase adds RNA primer

28. 3. DNA polymerase III adds nucleotides in 5’3’ direction on leading strand
50 nucleotides per second in humans

29. Leading strand vs. Lagging strand

30. Okazaki Fragments: Short segments of DNA that grow 5’3’ that are added onto the Lagging Strand
DNA Ligase: seals together fragments

33. Replication
io/bioflix/bioflix.htm?10adnarep
replication-advanced-detail

34. Problem: Who bothers proofreading these days?

35. Proofreading and Repair
Eukaryotic error: 1 in 10 billion
DNA polymerases proofread as bases added
Mismatch repair: special enzymes fix incorrect pairings
A mutation to one of these “Special Enzymes” could lead to cancer
Cell is under constant surveillance
Trying to repair DNA changes before they become mutations
Nucleotide excision repair:
Nucleases cut damaged DNA and fill the gaps

36. Problem: If you can only add bases from the 3’->5’ end
Problem: If you can only add bases from the 3’->5’ end. What happens when the primer gets the to 5’ end?

37. Problem at the 5’ End DNA polymerase only adds nucleotides to 3’ end
No way to complete 5’ ends
Leads to shorter and shorter DNA strands with staggered ends!

38. So what’s a guy to do?

39. Telomeres: repeated units of short nucleotide sequences (TTAGGG) at ends of DNA (don’t code for anything)
Telomeres “cap” ends of DNA to postpone erosion of genes at ends – about 100 to 1000 times – buffer zone
Telomerase: enzyme that adds to telomeres
Germ cells
Aging
Cancer cells have high telomerase activity
Video
Telomeres stained orange at the ends of mouse chromosomes

40. DNA Replication review

41. BioFlix: DNA Replication
io/bioflix/bioflix.htm?8apdnarep

42. Separation of DNA Strands
What enzyme unzips the strands?

43. Leading

44. Lagging

45. DNA Extraction
Strawberry Bonanza