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Gene Expression From gene to protein. Transcription and Translation. Prokaryotes – mRNA translated immediately Eukaryotes – pre-mRNA processed before leaving the nucleus as mRNA. Transcription. STEP 1 – Initiation Occurs at a promoter. STEP 2 – Elongation mRNA transcript lengthens.
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Gene ExpressionFrom gene to protein Transcription and Translation
Prokaryotes – mRNA translated immediately • Eukaryotes – pre-mRNA processed before leaving the nucleus as mRNA
RNA processingRNA splicing • Introns – intervening sequences – noncoding segments on pre-mRNA • May regulate gene activity • Enable genes to give rise to two or more different polypeptides • Facilitate evolution through exon shuffling • Exons – expressed sequences on pre-mRNA • Signal for splicing is a short sequence at the ends of introns
small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs) with snRNA recognize splice sites • snRNPs + proteins spliceosome • release introns • join together exons that flank introns
Translation Overview • mRNAmoves through ribosome • codonsare translated into amino acids • tRNAmolecules: anticodonand amino acid ends • amino acidsadded to a growing polypeptide chain • rRNA molecules + proteins ribosomes
Given the following sequence on a template DNA strand 3’ TAT AAA CCG TAC GGA TAG ACA CCG AAA ATC CGG GCA 5’ • What is the sequence on the non-template strand? 5’ ATA TTT GGC ATG CCT ATC TGT GGC TTT TAG GCC CGT 3’ • What is the mRNA sequence transcribed? 5’ AUA UUU GGC AUG CCU AUC UGU GGC UUU UAG GCC CGU 3’ • What is the STOP codon? UAG • What is the anticodon attached to the tRNA that corresponds to the STOP codon? There is no tRNA that corresponds to the STOP codon. Release factors take their place. • What is the amino acid sequence in the polypeptide product? Met – Pro – Ile – Cys – Gly - Phe