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Chapter 2 The DNA and Chromosome

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Content: 2.1

DNA 2.2 Chromosome Structure

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2.1 DNA

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Discovery of DNA FunctionA. Discovery of DNA1. Friedrich Miescher first isolated from cells in 1868 2. unknown function 3. Nuclein contains deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).

At the end of 19th century, chemists learned the structure of DNA and a related compound, ribonucleic acid (RNA) Both DNA and RNA are long polymers -- chains of small units called nucleotides.

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D.Gierer & Schramm Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) Experiment - 1956 Fraenkel-Conrat & Singer - 1957 Used 2 viral strains to demonstrate RNA is the genetic material of TMV

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Discovery of DNA StructureA. Components of DNA 1. DNA consists of a sugar, base and phosphates 2. one of 4 possible bases: adenine (A) cytosine (C) guanine (G) thymine (T)

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B: Chargaff’s Rules

Erwin Chargaff observed in 1950 that the content of purines was always roughly equal to the content of pyrimidines. Furthermore, the amounts of adenine and thymine were always roughly equal, as were the amounts of guanine and cytosine.

A=T, C=G, but what does this mean?

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B. Chargaff experiments 1. the amount of A = amount of T 2. the amount of C = amount of G 3. ratios vary by species 4. Thus… if an organism has 20% T, how much C is present in the organism? since % T = % A and % G = % C, then if T=20, A=20 and G+C = 60 thus C=30%

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DNA vs RNA(Deoxyribonucleic Acid)Sugar Deoxyribose (Ribonucleic Acid) Ribose

Base

Adenine Cytosine Guanine Thymine

Adenine Cytosine Guanine Uracil

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Nucleotides = monomers of nucleic acid polymer Nucleotide = Base + sugar + single phosphate group Nucleoside = Base + sugar

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C. Franklin experiments , 1952 1. used X-rays to examine structure of DNA 2. observed that a. DNA is helical b. DNA exists in long strands c. DNA is highly repetitive

What does this interesting pattern mean?

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D. Watson-Crick analysis 1. used data from Franklin & Chargaff experiments to construct a model of DNA structure 2. phosphate groups from backbone 3. double-stranded molecule 4. base=pairing of A-T and G-C 5. helical shape

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Double Helix Model of DNA: Six main features1. Two polynucleotide chains wound in a right-handed (clockwise) double-helix.

2.3. 4.

Nucleotide chains are antiparallel:

5’ 3’ 3’ 5’

Sugar-phosphate backbones are on the outside of the double helix, and the bases are oriented towards the central axis. Complementary base pairs from opposite strands are bound together by relatively weak hydrogen bonds. A pairs with T (2 H-bonds), and G pairs with C (3 H-bonds).

e.g., 5’-TATTCCGA-3’ 3’-ATAAGGCT-3’5. 6. Base pairs are 0.34 nm apart. One complete turn of the helix requires 3.4 nm (10 bases/turn). Sugar-phosphate backbones are not equally-spaced, resulting in major and minor grooves.