BSC 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Glutamine Synthetase, Operon, Glutamine

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22 Mar 2016

School

University of Alabama

Department

Biological Sciences

Course

BSC 310

Professor

Julie Olson

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All of what we have discussed to date utilizes regulatory proteins to interact with dna (cid:1) Rna is also capable of regulating gene expression, both at transcription and translation (cid:1) Most common way for regulatory rnas to work is by base pairing with other rna molecules (cid:1) Need regions of complementary sequence but can prevent translation of mrnas as double-stranded rna cannot be translated (cid:1) Antisense rna- small rnas with complementary sequences to the coding sense of their mrna. Transcription of anti-sense rna is enhanced when the gene needs to be turned off (cid:1) Trans-srnas are encoded in intergenic regions so are spatially separated from their mrna targets; this usually limits their complementarity to their targets so use a small protein (hfq) to facilitate their interaction (cid:1) Hfq and similar protein are called rna chaperones as they help small. Rna molecules to maintain their correct structure (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Riboswitch- rna molecule that resembles a repressor or activator.

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please answer all the questions answering only one question is not helpful!
Question 1

0 / 1 pts

Which of the following E. coli strains with the lac genotypes will synthesize beta-galactosidase in the presence of lactose?

Note: Superscript wouldn't work in the answers, so for example, lacIs means lacI^s(superrepressor of lacI)

lacIâ lacPâ lacOâ lacZâ lacYâ

lacIs lacP+ lacO+ lacZ+ lacYâ / lacI+ lacP+ lacO+ lacZâ lacY+

lacIs lacPâ lacO+ lacZâ lacY+ / lacI+ lacP+ lacO+ lacZ+ lacY+

lacIâ lacPâ lacO+ lacZ+ lacY+

lacI+ lacP+ lacO+ lacZ+ lacY+

Question 2

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Some mutations in the trp 5' UTR region increase termination by the attenuator. An example of a mutation that may have this effect is a

Choose the best answer!

mutation that changes the bases in region 3 of the 5' UTR, such that they no longer pair with region 2 or 4.

deletion of the two tryptophan codons in the 5' UTR leader peptide.

deletion in region 2 in the 5' UTR that prevents it from pairing with region 3.

The second and third answers are correct.

The first, second, and third answers are correct.

IncorrectQuestion 3

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Several examples of antisense RNA regulating translation in bacterial cells have been discovered. If you wanted to design a construct to artificially control translation of a bacterial gene with antisense RNA, what type of sequences should the antisense RNA contain?

A sequence complementary to the operator of an operon.

A sequence complementary to a 5' UTR.

A sequence complementary to the Shine-Dalgarno site of the mRNA.

The first and second choices are correct.

The second and third choices are correct.

Question 4

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Which of the following correctly describes the function of microRNAs?

Choose the best answer.

MicroRNAs are encoded by genes in the genome of an organism.

MicroRNAs form mRNA which encodes a protein repressor for another gene.

MicroRNAs encode a mRNA that base pairs with itself, forming double stranded RNA.

MicroRNAs are cut into small pieces, then bound by the complex of proteins called RISC to repress the translation of other mRNAs in the cell.

The first and second answers are correct.

The first, third, and fourth answers are correct.

The third and fourth answers are correct.

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Hello can you help me with the following questions:

1. Which part of an udder was transferred to an empty oocyte to clone the sheep Dolly?

a. blastocyst (I think its this one)

b. meiotic spindle

c. intact udder cell

d. nucleus

2. What is the principle of nuclear equivalence?

a. Differentiated cells have lost DNA that codes for other cell types.

b. All nuclei are the same shape.

c. Only nuclei of germ cells contain DNA capable of producing an entire organism.

d. The genome of every somatic cell contains information capable of generating any other cell type in the body.

3. A gene contains 6 exons, numbered 1-6. Which of the following mRNA isoforms is not a possible transcriptional product of this gene?

a. 1-2-3-4-5-6

b. 2-5-3-4

c. 2-4-5-6

d. 5-6

4. Which of the following is a mechanism used to alter gene expression using mRNA transcripts?

a. Different stability (longevity) of mRNA transcripts

b. Inhibition of translation of certain mRNAs

c. Production of small RNA molecules (microRNAs) that block translation

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

5. You have recently started working in an embryology lab and have obtained a large number of unfertilized zebrafish oocytes. You decide to treat the oocytes with RNAse (a protein that will degrade RNAs, but leave DNA proteins intact) prior to fertilizing them. Will the resulting embryos develop into normal fish?

a. Yes, because RNAs from sperm cells can replace those lost from the egg.

b. Yes, because intact DNA is the only factor required for development to proceed.

c. No, because RNAse treatment will damage the structure of the oocyte.

d. No, because maternal mRNAs are required for the early stages of development.

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