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DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID DNA. DNA Discovery - 1953. James Watson & Francis Crick Rosalind Franklin & Maurice Wilkins Important discovery. What is DNA?. Definition DNA & chromosomes Cell nucleus Genetic information Proteins. DNA Structure. Double helix 1. Twisted ladder
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DNA Discovery - 1953 • James Watson & Francis Crick • Rosalind Franklin & Maurice Wilkins • Important discovery
What is DNA? • Definition • DNA & chromosomes • Cell nucleus • Genetic information • Proteins
DNA Structure • Double helix • 1. Twisted ladder • 2. Compact • Sides of ladder • 1. Sugars and • phosphates • 2. No inheritance • function
DNA Structure (cont.) • Rungs of ladder • 1. Two nitrogen bases • 2. Adenine, thymine, guanine • cytosine • 3. Base pairs • 4. Pattern of base • pairs
DNA Replication • DNA unzips • Nucleotide • 1. Sugar, phosphate and • nitrogen base • 2. Cell nucleus • Nucleotides/unzipped • strands • Sugar & phosphates
Protein Synthesis • Base sequence • 1. Definition • 2. 100-1,000 bases long • 3. Forms a code • 4. Examples (condensed) AGTTC = human muscle protein CGAGTTCG = human skin protein TAGGCT = earthworm protein CCAGATCGA = bacteria protein
HUMAN INSULIN agaagaggcc atcaagcaga tcactgtcct tctgccatgg ccctgtggat gcgcctcctg cccctgctgg cgctgctggc cctctgggga cctgacccag ccgcagcctt tgtgaaccaa cacctgtgcg gctcacacct ggtggaagct ctctacctag tgtgcgggga acgaggcttc ttctacacac ccaagacccg ccgggaggca gaggacctgc aggtggggca ggtggagctg ggcgggggcc ctggtgcagg cagcctgcag cccttggccc tggaggggtc cctgcagaag cgtggcattg tggaacaatg ctgtaccagc atctgctccc tctaccagct ggagaactac tgcaactaga cgcagcccgc aggcagcccc ccacccgccg cctcctgcac cgagagagat ggaataaagc ccttgaacc
Protein Synthesis (cont.) • Problem • 1. DNA in nucleus • 2. Proteins built in cytoplasm • RNA – ribonucleic acid • 1. Ribose sugar • 2. One side of ladder • 3. Uracil not thymine
Protein Synthesis (cont.) • Building a protein • 1. DNA unzips • 2. RNA reads code • 3. RNA brings code • to cytoplasm • 4. Protein built • on ribosome