BIOLOGY 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mitosis, Repressor, Gene Expression

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Gene expression can be regulated through the rate of transcription or translation. Possible to regulate how long an mrna or protein remains functional in a cell. Gene expression most commonly regulated by controlling the rate of transcription. Sequence of the nucleotides adjacent to a gene to which the rna polymerase binds to the initiate transcription. Rna polymerase enzyme binds to the promoter for that particular gene. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic regulate gene expression by regulating transcription and the transcribes but have different strategies. Pro: block transcription via proteins called repressors bind to the promoter and prevent the rna polymerase from binding. Gene needs to be expressed repressor released so rna polymerase can bind (main mechanism pro regulate gene expression) Euk: more complex; enhance using activators help the rna polymerase bind to the promoter facilitating gene expression. Rate at which polymerase binds to the promoter affected by substances that are present in the cell.

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1. What is the term when the product of a biochemical pathway inhibits the activity of the first enzyme of a pathway?

		feedback inhibition.
		activator inhibition.
		diffusional regulation.
		enzyme activation.

2. Through control of gene expression, prokaryotes respond to changing __________ conditions.

		internal
		protein
		environmental
		genetic

3. A protein that negatively regulates transcription by binding to the operator is known as the

		operon
		repressor
		activator
		inducer

4. During attenutation, when tryptophan levels are high, the ________ stem-loop forms and transcription ________ the trpL gene.

		1-2, ends just past
		3-4, ends just past
		1-2, continues beyond
		3-4, continues beyond

5. The process of turning on the expression of a gene in response to a substance in the environment is called:

		constituation.
		repression.
		induction.
		catabolism.

6. What is a function of some specific transcription factors?

		to bind to the promoter region of the gene to facilitate the proper alignment of the RNA polymerase
		to bind to the centromere to induce meiosis
		to bind to enhancer regions to help regulate gene transcription
		to bind to the operator to recruit sigma factor

7. How does exposing an E.coli cell to glucose affect the regulation of the lac operon via CAP?

		cAMP binds to CAP and transcription is increased.
		cAMP binds to CAP and transcription is decreased.
		cAMP does not bind to CAP and transcription is increased.
		cAMP does not bind to CAP and transcription is decreased.

8. The lac repressor protein works when mutations in the repressor gene and structural genes are:

		in cis or in trans.
		in trans only.
		in cis only.
		in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

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5. Alpha amanitin is a drug that binds RNA polymerase andprevents it from functioning in the cell (this is the compound thatis found in poison mushrooms). The reason people die when theyconsume alpha amanitin is:

a) Alpha amanitin prevents gene expression from occurring in thecell

b) DNA replication is directly inhibited by alpha amantin

c) Alpha amanitin binds tightly to the messenger RNAs that aremade in the cell, preventing translation

d) Alpha amanitin binds to nuclear pores preventing thetransport of messenger RNA into the cytoplasm

6. In order for transcriptional initiation to begin in E. colithe following elements are needed:

a) an origin and RNA polymerase

b) initiator protein and a promoter

c) the sigma subunit of RNA polymerase and an RNA template

d) RNA polymerase and a promoter

e) helicase and primase

Questions 7 and 8. You are studying two species of closelyrelated snakes, one species lives in sandy desert area and has paletan skin and the species lives in a volcanic rock area and has darkbrown skin. You a sequence the DNA from each type of snake anddiscover a gene encoding a protein that transports pigment into theskin cells. The pigment transporter protein is responsible for skincolor. When you analyze the DNA coding sequence of the pigmenttransporter from each snake you find these two DNA sequences (hashmarks have been added to indicate the reading frame):

pale tan snake: GCG/TTG/GAC/TGC/ACC (DNA template strand)CGC/AAC/CTG/ACG/TGG (complementary strand) dark brown snake:ACG/TTG/GAC/TGC/ACC (DNA template strand) TGC/AAC/CTG/ACG/TGG(complementary strand)

7. From these sequences you conclude:

a) that the amino acid sequence of the pigment transporters forthe two proteins are almost identical

b) that the amino acid sequence of the pigment transporters forthe two proteins are very dissimilar

c) that the amino acid sequence of the pigment transporters forthe two proteins are identical

8. Since the skin color is different in each snake, you concludefrom the sequence data above that:

a) the genetic code in the skin cells in each of these snakes isdifferent

b) the DNA sequence encoding the entire gene for pigmenttransporters in these two snakes is different

c) that one of the codons in the gene for the pigmenttransporter in these two snakes is different

9. You are analyzing eukaryotic cells that have been exposed tothe radioactive uracil. In most cells the radioactive uracil isinitially localized in the nucleus and then moves from the nucleusto the cytoplasm. However, you observe that in some cells theradioactive molecules stay in the nucleus and never arrive in thecytoplasm. This is most likely a defect in:

a) the transcription of the DNA

b) the processing of the mRNA

c) the translation of the RNA

d) the labeling of the RNA

e) the replication of the DNA

10. Which of the following is true of both eukaryotic andbacterial transcription? (select all that are true)
a) Transcription factors must bind the promoter before RNApolymerase initiates transcription

b) Messenger RNAs must be spliced before translation begins inorder to produce the appropriate gene product

c) During transcription only one DNA strand is used as atemplate to make the messenger RNA

d) Termination of transcription occurs when the RNA polymerasetranscribes a hairpin structure in the RNA followed by a string ofU

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For this question, focus on four parts:

I, the gene that produces the repressor protein;

P, the promoter region where RNA polymerase binds to initiate transcription;

O, the Operator site, where the repressor binds. When the repressor binds, it prevents transcription; and

ZYA, the three structural genes, all of which are required for the successful utilization of lactose as a food source.

In the left column of the table below, we indicate the genetic composition at the lac operon of particular strains of E. coli cells. A "+" (plus sign) following the letter indicates the wild-type allele (or normally functioning version of the gene). For I, P, and ZYA, a "-" (negative sign) following the letter indicates the mutant allele (or non-functional version of the gene). For the O allele, a "C" indicates the mutant or constitutive allele. It is not functional in that the repressor cannot bind, but it is functional in that transcription can still occur.

Given the conditions stated in each column, please indicate for each genotype whether lac mRNA is produced and at what level by typing in one of the following words in each cell in the table:

"Abundant"

"Minimal"

"None"

The completely wild-type genotype has already been filled in.

	Cellular conditions:
Genotype	Glucose present (low cAMP) and no lactose	Glucose present (low cAMP) and lactose present	No glucose (high cAMP) and lactose present
*I⁺ P⁺ O⁺ ZYA⁺*	None	Minimal	Abundant
*I^- P⁺ O⁺ ZYA⁺*
*I⁺ P^- O⁺ ZYA⁺*
*I⁺ P⁺ O^c ZYA⁺*
*I⁺ P⁺ O⁺ ZYA^-*

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