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Transcription. Page 319-324 Example problems: Page 324, #2,3,9. Transcription. The process of making… RNA review Very similar to DNA except: Has a ribose sugar instead of a deoxyribose Uses the base uracil instead of thymine Is generally single-stranded. Video. Transcription Video.
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Transcription Page 319-324 Example problems: Page 324, #2,3,9
Transcription • The process of making… • RNA review • Very similar to DNA except: • Has a ribose sugar instead of a deoxyribose • Uses the base uracil instead of thymine • Is generally single-stranded
Video • Transcription Video
Types of RNA • mRNA: messenger RNA • tRNA: transfer RNA • rRNA: ribosomal RNA
Steps of Transcription • Initiation • Elongation • Termination
RNA Polymerase • The enzyme responsible for making RNA • In prokaryotes: • Only 1 RNA polymerase • In eukaryotes: • RNA Polymerase II: responsible for… • RNA Polymerase I and III: responsible for…
Transcription Initiation • What happens? • Promoter: • Generally high in A’s and T’s…WHY? • TATA box • TATAAT
Transcription Initiation • Promoter: gene promoter transcription region termination sequence
Transcription Initiation upstream downstream +1 negative numbers positive numbers start transcription
Transcription Elongation • 5’ 3’ • Template strand
2. Transcription Elongation Antisense strand: Sense strand: SENSE STRAND DNA 5’ A T T A C G A T C T G C A C A A G A T C C T 3’ ANTISENSE STRAND 3’ T A A T G C T A G A C G T G T T C T A G G A 5’ DNA mRNA 5’ A U U A C G A U C U G C A C A A G A U C C U 3’
3. Transcription Termination Termination sequence Termination sequences differ between prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Post-transcriptional modifications • Primary transcript • Modifications are done to stabilize and protect the RNA • Poly(A) tail: • Enzyme? • 5’ cap: • Enzyme? • Unusual 5’-to-5’ triphosphate linkage
4. Posttranscriptional Modification primary transcript 5’ 3’ 5’ cap added by capping enzyme complex mG 3’ poly-A tail added by poly-A polymerase mG AAAAAAA
Post-transcriptional modifications • Splicing; • exons– expressed • introns– interfering
4. Posttranscriptional Modification intron exon intron exon intron exon intron mG AAAAAAA introns removed by spliceosome proteins exon exon exon mG mRNA transcript AAAAAAA
4. Posttranscriptional Modification Spliceosomes are a series of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNP) snRNPs: • cuts out intron sequences • splices exon sequences together