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AP Bio: Thursday, 2.9.12 Gene Expression

AP Bio: Thursday, 2.9.12 Gene Expression. Homework: Lab 6B Analysis Questions – due tomorrow Problem Set will be due next Wednesday Do Now: With your lab group… Take out lab packet Get gloves, get your gel, wait for instructions. Today’s Goals:

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AP Bio: Thursday, 2.9.12 Gene Expression

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  1. AP Bio: Thursday, 2.9.12Gene Expression • Homework: • Lab 6B Analysis Questions – due tomorrow • Problem Set will be due next Wednesday • Do Now: With your lab group… • Take out lab packet • Get gloves, get your gel, wait for instructions. • Today’s Goals: • Interpret gel electrophoresis results (who killed the virus??!) • Explain how a gene is transcribed and translated into a protein! • Agenda: • Gel results • Lecture: Gene Expression

  2. Chromosomes: DNA tightly coiled around little protein balls (histones) to make it very compact Chromosomes unraveling into DNA Nucleotide Base Pairs DNA Gene:Instructions for making a protein that determines a trait Another Gene: instructions for making a different protein that determines a different trait

  3. Gene Expression • The process of transcribing and translating a gene to make a protein • All cells carry all the genes of an organism, but only SOME genes are expressed in cells based on when and where particular proteins are needed

  4. Transcription

  5. Transcription

  6. RNA Processing:

  7. RNA Processing: • 5’ Cap • Poly-A tail • Introns cut out and exons spliced together Signals mRNA’s destination (cytoplasm) Protects from degrading enzymes Helps ribosomes attach Non-coding sequences interspersed with coding sequencesthat get translated into proteins

  8. Translation

  9. Translation

  10. Translation: RNA runs the show • messenger RNA – carries transcript of codons w/ amino acid sequence • processed inside nucleus • mature mRNA leaves nucleus, diffuses to ribosomes • ribosomal RNA – forms the ribosome and acts as a catalyst to form peptide bonds connecting amino acids • transfer RNA – carries amino acids to ribosome • each tRNA must get “charged” with a specific amino acid

  11. tRNA:

  12. Ribosome Anatomy:

  13. AP Bio:Tuesday, 2.14.12Gene Expression • Homework: • PS 13 due tomorrow • Do Now: • Find a partner sitting near you • For each stage of translation shown in your notes packet: • Study the diagram • Write a bullet-point summary of what’s happening • Today’s Goals: • Explain how RNA is translated into a protein • Explain how cells regulate gene expression • Agenda: • Lecture: Translation, and Control of Gene Expression

  14. 3 Steps of Translation: • Initiation (start) • Elongation (making the polypeptide chain) • Termination (end)

  15. 3 Steps of Translation: • Initiation:

  16. 3 Steps of Translation: • Initiation: • tRNA binds to start codon (AUG) in P site of ribosome • Ribosome assembles around mRNA at beginning of coding sequence

  17. 3 Steps of Translation: • Elongation

  18. 3 Steps of Translation: • Elongation • 2nd tRNA enters A site • Ribosome catalyzes peptide bond formation between amino acids in P and A sites (growing amino acid chain shifts to A site tRNA) • Ribosome shifts over • 1sttRNAexits • new tRNA enters • Process repeats

  19. 3 Steps of Translation: • Termination

  20. 3 Steps of Translation: • Termination • Release factor binds to STOP codon • Completed polypeptide chain is cut from final tRNA • Ribosome dis-assembles

  21. Control of Gene Expression In Prokaryotes: OPERONS with ON/OFF switches Operon – a chain of genes, all in a line, that all relate to one metabolic pathway

  22. Operons can be inducible or repressible

  23. Control of Gene Expression In Eukaryotes: Multiple Levels of Control

  24. Control of Gene Expression In Eukaryotes: Multiple Levels of Control Prevent or enhance transcription Histoneacetylation – loosens the coiling of DNA to activate genes Transcription factors - help RNA polymerase bind to the promoter, activating genes DNA methylation - permanently inactivates genes

  25. Control of Gene Expression In Eukaryotes: Multiple Levels of Control Histones – protein “beads” that DNA is wrapped around in eukaryotic (and archaean) chromosomes Chromatin – the DNA-protein combo that forms chromosomes

  26. Control of Gene Expression In Eukaryotes: Multiple Levels of Control Prevent or enhance transcription Activate or inactivate RNA after transcription Some small RNA molecules don’t get translated but help regulate other RNAs miRNA(microRNA) siRNA (small interfering RNA) shRNA (short hairpin RNA) These can bind to mRNA strands to enhance or prevent translation. Post-translational control: Modify or degrade proteins

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