DNA Replication Summary
DNA Replication Summary
DNA Replication Summary
Semiconservative
Bidirectional
o
simultaneously unwound & elongated
Fixed origin
o
(+) consensus sequence TTTTATATTTT
Discontinuous replication
o
(+) Leading & Lagging strand, since DNA
polymerase only runs in 53 direction
TWO PHASES
1) Initiation
o
Denaturation of DNA
o
Formation of replication fork
o
Synthesis of RNA primer
2) Elongation
o
Polymerization of additional nucleotides
o
(+) phosphodiester bond - 3OH 5PO4, Mg
(coenzyme)
3) Termination
o
Re-annealing of parent strand to daughter strand
o
At INTERPHASE (S phase) 8 hours
ENZYMES:
1) Topoisomerase relieves torsional strain due to unwinding;
introduce nick/break in PD bonds
o
Topoisomerase 1 creates nick to prevent
supercoiling
2) Helicase (MCM protein) activated by cyclins
3) DNA primase
4) ssDNA binding proteins (SSBP)/ RPA prevents ssDNA
to reanneal allowing elongation
5) Exo/endonuclease corrects replication errors
6) Ligase joins adjacent DNA strands (Okazaki fragments) &
forms PD bonds in the nicks
7) DNA polymerase adds nucleotides
8) PCNA & RFC (replicating factor C) stabilizing & tethers
polymerase delta
o
RFC clamps the complex to DNA chain
9) CPK (Cyclin phosphorylated kinase) phosphorylates cyclin
DNA POLYMERASES:
Alpha
Location
Nuc,
3 5
exonucleas
e
Primase
+
Processivity
LOW
Fidelity
High
Replication
+
Repair
Beta
Nuc.
-
LOW
LOW
+
Delta
Nuc.
+
High
High
+
?
Gamma
Mito.
+
High
High
+
-
Epsilon
Nuc.
+
High
High
+
+
LEADING STRAND
Okazaki fragments:
ELONGATION
Initiation sites
Speed
Location
Mechanism
Primer
Processive enzyme
RNA removal
DNA
Prokaryotes
single
fast
cytoplasm
semiconservative
primase
Pol III
Pol I
circular
Eukaryotes
Multiple
Slower
Nucleus
Semiconservative
Pol alpha
Pol alpha & delta
Pol beta
Linear
CYCLINS
1) Cyclin D (CDK4, 6) progression past restriction point at
G1/S boundary
2) Cyclin A, E (CDK2) initiation of DNA synthesis in early S
phase
3) Cyclin B (CDK1) transition from G2 M
TERMINATION
Telomeres
o
Sequence of repeated nucleotides (G or C)
present in the end of a linear chromosome
o
Maintained by telomerases
o
Do not need polymerases in base-pairing with
ribonucleotides
REPAIR MECHANISM
Mismatch
repair
Baseexcision
repair
Description
Corrects errors made during
copying of DNA
Corrects single mismatch base
pair or short region of unpaired
DNA (2-5)
Solution
Methyl-directed
strand cutting
Exonuclease
digestion &
replacement
Nucleotideexcision
repair
Doublestrand
break pair
xanthine, respectively
Used to replace regions of
damaged DNA up to 30 bases in
length
bulky lesion
Causes:
UV light cyclobutane
pyrimidine-pyrimidine dimers
Smoking benzopyrene
guanine (procarcinogen)
Ig-gene rearrangement
Prob: ionizing radiation,
chemotherapy, free radicals
Ku & DNA dependent-PKA
proteins combine to approx. 2
strands & unwind them
Aligned fragments form base
pairs & extra ends are removed
by nucleases & gaps are filled in,
then ligated
MISMATCH REPAIR
o
(+) LIGATION
o
Removal of a30
nucleotide oligomer
& replacement
Synapsis,
Unwinding,
Alignment
Ligation