BIOL239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Helicase, Dna Polymerase, Okazaki Fragments

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Phosphate group (binds to carbon sugar at 5", determines orientation of strand) Five carbon sugar/pentose (oh/hydroxyl group in place of hydrogen in rna) At the 3" end, nucleotides are linked to each other through phosphodiester bonds (phosphate group + 2 oxygens binding to the 5" and 3" of two carbon sugars). Phosphates are added as triphosphates but 2 of the phosphates get cleaved off at addition. Anti-parallel strands (5" to 3" and 3" to 5") are held together by hydrogen bonds between base pairs (2 h bonds between a & t) (3 h bonds between c & g). A:t rich areas allow dna to be pulled apart easily to be synthesized (less h-bonds) A-form is dehydrated (wider, fatter), b-form is hydrated. Z-form comes from a sequence of alternating purine, pyrimidine repeats, causing a zig-zag shape. Proteins exist that specifically bind to z-dna, present in certain highly active genes. Circular dna (prokaryotic bacteria, mitochondria (double-stranded), chloroplasts, some viruses)

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