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Steps of DNA Synthesis

DNA polymerases in prokaryotes and Eukaryotes

Difference in function of topoisomerase and ligase

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Replication inhibitors

DNA repair

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Action of Telomerase

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An 8-year-old female, born out of the second

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degree consanguineous marriage presented
with complaints of hypo- and hyper-
pigmented spots since the age of 1 year all over
the body which gradually increased in size and
number associated with small warty growths

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over face for 5 years. She had a history of acute
sunburn all over the body

Vora et al 2016

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except armpits and perineum after sun exposure.

The patient also had photophobia with redness,

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watering of eyes. On examination, she had
multiple hyperpigmented warty growths over
face [Figure 1]. The patient was advised biopsy
and photoprotection, but parents denied biopsy.
After 1 year, patient came with an increase in

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number, size of the growths. All the growths
were, warty and firm in consistency [Figure 1b].

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A nontender nodular growth measuring about

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2 cm ? 3 cm was present over the right
mandibular region from which biopsy was
taken which was suggestive of nodular
melanoma [Figure 2]. Another biopsy from

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growth over right temporal region showed
features of hypertrophic type of actinic
keratosis . Routine investigations were within
normal limits.

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The patient was referred to oncology

department, but relatives refused for any

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further management. The patient visited our
department again after 2 years of the first visit
with small fungating growths over face, scalp
(4 cm ? 4 cm) and large foul smelling fungating
growth over nape of the neck extending over to

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upper back (10 cm ? 8 cm) [Figure 3].

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Biopsy was taken from the growth over the

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nape of the neck which showed features of
squamous cell carcinoma [Figure 3]. There was
a history of injury to the right eye, in between
the two visits for which evisceration was done.
The left eye was congested; right orbital socket

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was empty

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What is the likely diagnosis?

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How would you make a definite diagnosis?

What is the pathophysiology of this disorder?

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What is replication?

Biologic process of producing 2 identical
replicas of DNA from one original DNA

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molecule.

Purpose :

Provision of progeny with genetic information

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First enzymologic observations on DNA

replication were made by

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Arthur Kornberg

Existence of replication enzyme

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DNA polymerase I

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Steps Involved in DNA Replication in Eukaryotes

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1. Identification of the origins of replication
2. ATP hydrolysis-driven unwinding of dsDNA to
provide an ssDNA template
3. Formation of the replication fork; synthesis of

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RNA primer
4. Initiation of DNA synthesis and elongation
5. Formation of replication bubbles with ligation of
the newly synthesized DNA segments
6. Reconstitution of chromatin structure

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Origin of DNA replication

Adopted from Harper' text books

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Unwinding of DNA

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Adopted from Harper' text books

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Formation of Replication fork: 4 components

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Helicase
Primase
DNA pol
SSB

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Adopted from Harper' text books

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Classes of Proteins Involved in Replication

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Protein

Function

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DNA polymerases

Deoxynucleotide polymerization

Helicases

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ATP -driven processive unwinding of
DNA

Topoisomerases

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Relieve torsional strain that results
from
helicase-induced unwinding

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DNA primase

Initiates synthesis of RNA primers

Single-strand binding Prevent premature reannealing of

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proteins (SSBs)

dsDNA

DNA ligase

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Seals the single strand nick between
the
nascent chain and Okazaki fragments
on

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lagging strand

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Chain elongation

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Rate at which polymerisation

Processivity

Number of nucleotides added to the nacsent

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chainbefore the polymerase disengages from
template

Proof reading

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Identify copying errors

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Initiation and Elongation
of DNA synthesis

The initiation of DNA synthesis
upon a primer of RNA

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The RNA-primed synthesis of DNA
demonstrating the template function of
the
complementary strand of parental DNA

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The generation of "replication
bubbles" during the process of
DNA synthesis

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E coli genome: 5X10^6 bp

How to solve?

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Replication rate: 3X10^5 bp/min
How long = 30 min

1. Bideirectional
2. Multiple origins

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Mammalian genome: 3X10^9 bp

Adopted from Harper' text books

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Supercoiling of DNA

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Reactions catalyzed by

DNA topoisomerase I

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Should be as few error as possible

3' to 5' exonuclease activity

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Removal of RNA primer and filling of the resulting "gaps"

by DNA polymerase I

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Adopted from Lippincott's' text books

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Action of DNA ligase:
Formation of a
phosphodiester bond

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Rate of polymerization in eukaryotic cells

compared to prokaryotes.....?

Nuclear organization and chromatin structure

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determines the regulation and initiation of
DNA synthesis

Replicated DNA assembled into nucleosome

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and histone octamers distributed to each arm
of the replication fork

Facilitated by histone chaperone proteins

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working in concert with chromatin remodelling
complexes

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Comparison of two types of
nick-sealing reactions on DNA

Adopted from Harper' text books

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Functionally similar proteins

Prokaryote

Eukaryote

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function

Hexameric Dna

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Hexameric

Unwinds the DNA

complex

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minichromosomal
maintenance (MCM)
complex

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SSB

Replication protein A

Prevent reannealing

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DnaG

Pol

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Primase synthesizes RNA
primer

Pol III

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Pol (leading) and Pol

Processive, leading and lagging

(Lagging)

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strand synthesis

Pol I

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Rnase H and FEN1 (flap of

RNA primers removed

endonuclease)

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Pol II

DNA repair

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Pol I

Gap filling following DNA
replication,
repair, and recombination

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Mitochondrial DNA synthesis

subunit of Pol III

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PCNA (Proliferating cell

Sliding clamp for high

nuclear antigen)

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procesivity



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A 21-year-old college student presents to the clinic complaining of

a sudden onset of chills and fever, muscle aches, headache,

fatigue, sore throat, and painful nonproductive cough 3 days prior

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to fall final exams. Numerous friends of the patient in the

dormitory reported similar symptoms and were given the

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diagnosis of influenza. He said that some of them were given a

prescription for ribavirin. On examination, he appears ill with

temperature 39.4?C (103?F). His skin is warm to the touch, but no

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rashes are appreciated. The patient has mild cervical lymph node
enlargement but otherwise has a normal examination.

What is the most likely diagnosis?

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What is the biochemical mechanism of action of ribavirin?

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Inhibitors of DNA
Replication

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Inhibitors of DNA Replication

Antibacterial agents

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Action

Ciprofloxacin

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Bacterial DNA gyrase

Nalidixic acid

Bacterial DNA gyrase

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Anticancer agents

Adriamycin

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Human topoisomerase

Etoposide

Human topoisomerase

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6-mercaptopurine

Human DNA polymerase

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5-fluoro uraci

Thymidylate synthase

Cytosine arabinosidede

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Nucleoside analog

(Cytarabine)

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Anti viral agent

adenine arabinoside

Nucleoside analog

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(Vidarabine)

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Each strand of the double helix serves as a template

(semiconservative replication).

occurs in the S phase of the cell cycle and begins at

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the origin of replication.

strands are separated locally, forming replication

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forks.

Replication of dsDNA is bidirectional

Helicase unwinds the double helix.

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As the two strands of the double helix are separated,
supercoils are produced
DNA topoisomerases Types I and II remove supercoils

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The primer for de novo DNA synthesis is a short stretch of RNA

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synthesized by primase



DNA polymerases synthesize new DNA strands only in the 5'3`

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direction.



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one of the newly synthesized stretches of

nucleotide chains must grow in the 5'3' direction toward the replication

fork (leading strand)

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In E. coli DNA chain elongation is catalyzed by DNA polymerase III

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The enzyme "proofreads" the newly synthesized DNA with its 3'5'

exonuclease activity.

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RNA primers are removed by DNA polymerase I, using its 5'3'

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exonuclease activity.



The final phosphodi-ester linkage is catalyzed by DNA ligases

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at least five eukaryotic DNA polymerase

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Nucleoside analogs containing modified sugars can be used to

block DNA chain growth.

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Video on DNA Replication

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Multiple DNA repair pathways of variable accuracy

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1. Methyl-directed mismatch repair

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Methyl-directed mismatch repair

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Aadopted from Lippincott's text book
2. Nucleotide excision repair

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Patient with xeroderma pigmentosum

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Aadopted from Lippincott's text book

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inherited as an autosomal recessive trait

characterized

by photosensitivity, pigmentary changes,

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premature skin ageing and malignant tumour
development

defect in DNA repair (NER)

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3. Base excision repair

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Correction of base
alterations by base
excision repair

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Aadopted from Lippincott's text book

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4. The multistep
mechanism of

DNA double-strand

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break repair

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Clinical implications

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Human Diseases of DNA Damage Repair

Defective Nonhomologous End Joining Repair (NHEJ)

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Severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID)
Radiation sensitive severe combined
immunodeficiency disease (RS-SCID)

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Defective Homologous Repair (HR)

Bloom syndrome (BS)
Werner syndrome (WS)
Breast cancer suspectibility 1 and 2 (BRCA1, BRCA2

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AT -like disorder (AT LD)

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Human Diseases of DNA Damage Repair

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Defective DNA Nucleotide Exicision Repair (NER)
Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP)
Cockayne syndrome (CS)
Trichothiodystrophy (TT D)

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Defective DNA Base Excision Repair (BER)
MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP)

Defective DNA Mismatch Repair (MMR)
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC)

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If a double-stranded DNA molecule undergoes two rounds of

replication in an in vitro system that contains all of the necessary

enzymes and

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nucleoside triphosphates that have been labeled with 32P, which

of the

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following best describes the distribution of radioactivity in the

four

resulting DNA molecules?

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A. Exactly one of the molecules contains no radioactivity.

B. Exactly one of the molecules contains radioactivity in only one

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strand.

C. Two of the molecules contain radioactivity in both strands.

D. Three of the molecules contain radioactivity in both strands.

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E. All four molecules contain radioactivity in only one strand.

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A 48-year-old man has had a lengthy history of

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skin cancer. In the past 6 years he has had over 30

neoplasms removed from sun-exposed areas and

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has been diagnosed with xeroderma

pigmentosum. Which of the following best

describes the enzymatic defect in patients with

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xeroderma pigmentosum?

A. DNA polymerase

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B. DNA polymerase

C. DNA ligase

D. Excision repair enzymes

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E. RNA polymerase III

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A 10-year-old girl is brought to the dermatologist by

her parents. She has many freckles on her face,

neck, arms, and hands, and the parents report that

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she is unusually sensitive to sunlight. Two basal cell

carcinomas are identified on her face. Which of the

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following processes is most likely to be defective in

this patient?

A. Repair of double-strand breaks.

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B. Removal of mismatched bases from the 3'-end of

Okazaki fragments.

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C. Removal of pyrimidine dimers from DNA.

D. Removal of uracil from DNA.

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Several thousand tandem repeats of GT rich

hexamer (AGGGTT) that cap the ends of

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eukaryotic chromosomes that help stabilize the
chromosome., preventing attack by nucleases

Telomeres (Greek telos, "end") : complexes of

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DNA plus proteins (Shelterin)

To accommodate the wastage that occurs

during replication

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Allow repair system to distinguish

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Organisms are able to generate progeny that

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contain full length telomeres .

How is it possible?

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Telomerase

Ribonucleoprotein expressed in germ cells, stem cells

, most cancer cells

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NOT in SOMATIC cells

Replicative senescence

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Mechanism of action of telomerase

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Mechanism of action of telomerase

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Aadopted from Lippincott's text book

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Mechanism of action of telomerase

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Aadopted from Lippincott's text book
Telomerase

Transposons

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Most transposons transcribed into RNA which is

used as a template for DNA synthesis by a reverses
transcriptase encoded by transposons and the DNA

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is randomly inserted into the genome

Called retrotransposon or retroposon

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Telomeres are complexes of DNA and protein that protect

the ends of linear chromosomes. In most normal human

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somatic cells, telomeres shorten with each division. In stem

cells and in cancer cells, however, telomeric length is

maintained. In the synthesis

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of telomeres:

A. telomerase, a ribonucleoprotein, provides both the

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RNA and the polymerase needed for synthesis.

B. the RNA of telomerase serves as a primer.

C. the polymerase of telomerase is a DNA-directed

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DNA polymerase.

D. the shorter, 3'5' strand gets extended.

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E. the direction of synthesis is 3'5'.

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The eukaryotic cell cycle

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Aadopted from Lippincott's text book

During the S phase, the nuclear DNA is

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completely replicated once and only once.

Once chromatin has been replicated, it is marked

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so as to prevent its further replication
until it again passes through mitosis.

molecular mechanisms

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dissociation and/or cyclin-CDK phosphorylation
and subsequent degradation of several origin binding

proteins

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origins fire only once per cell cycle.

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Progress through the mammalian cell cycle is
continuously monitored via multiple cell-cycle

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checkpoints

Cyclins and Cyclin-Dependent Kinases

Involved in Cell-Cycle Progression

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Cyclin

Kinase

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Function

D

CDK4, CDK6

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Progression past
restriction
point at G1/S
boundary

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E, A

CDK2

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Initiation of DNA
synthesis in
early S phase

B

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CDK1

Transition from
G2 to M

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Points during which the indicated cyclins and cyclin-dependent
kinases are activated

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