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What is required for the protein surface to bind to the DNA surface?
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For the protein surface to be complimentary to the DNA surface
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For the protein surface to be positive (DNA backbone's are negative)
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For the protein surface to contain hydrophobic residues
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In which groove can the order of base pairs be differentiated?
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Major groove
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Minor groove
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The major groove is 15A wide
Frage 4
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Major groove
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Minor groove
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Proteins that bind in the major groove must be more specific than those that bind in the minor groove
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Why is Arg such a useful residue?
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It has 2 H acceptors, so it can bind to guanine
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It has 2 H donors, so it can bind to guanine
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It has 2 H acceptors, so it can bind to cytosine
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Which of the following can bind to both G & A
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What is base stacking?
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Where hydrophobic bases stack to avoid water
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Where hydrophobic bases pull the DNA inwards to avoid water
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Where hydrophobic bases twist the DNA to avoid water
Frage 9
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What is required for a protein to take advantage of base stacking?
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10bp covers a distance of 34 A
Frage 11
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Long, repetitious and thin
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Long, non-repetitious and thick
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Short, repetitious and thin
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Long, repetitious and thick
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Short, non-repetitious and thin
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DNA can bend 180 dgrees over how long a stretch?
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What does Phage Lamda Repressor bind to?
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What is being shown here?
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A half site
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A palindromic sequence
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A restriction site
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How does Phage Lambda Repressor Work?
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Binds to bacterial DNA at the lambda cro gene
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Binds to phage DNA at the Lambda cro gene
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And blocking RNA polymerase binding
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Phage Lambda Repressor binds to only one target sequence
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The Phage Lambda repressor binds as a _
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Each subunit attaches to the DNA using a _ and binds to the other subunits using a _
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Alpha helix, alpha helix
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Alpha helix, nothing- it's a monomer
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Beta sheet, beta sheet
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Beta sheet, nothing- it's a monomer
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Phage Lambda Repressor has multiple subunits because ...
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It binds to a sequence long enough that the protein cannot be removed
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It binds to a sequence long enough that the sequence becomes unique int the DNA
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It binds more exactly - so it only has a single target sequence
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Where does Phage Lambda Suppressor bind?
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A non-specific interaction doesn't involve bonding with any particular base
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List some specific interactions between Phage Lambda Repressor and DNA
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Ser - G, and Gly - T,
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Gly- T and Ser-G
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Gly- C- and Ser-T
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The DNA sequence is all read from the same DNA strand
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A helix-turn-helix motif is often used for reading DNA
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Different alpha helices (of the helix-turn-helix) motif perform specific and non-specific interactions
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Proteins don't have to land on the DNA in exactly the right spot, they only need to...
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Methionine repressor...
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prevents methionine production
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prevents binding of methionine to tRNA
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prevents methionine being added to the amino acid chain
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The Methionine Repressor binding site is...
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Palindromic
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Almost palindromic
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8bp
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16bp
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The binding site of most helix-turn-helix proteins are 16-18bp long
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How does the Methionine repressor bind to the DNA?
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Two beta strands have the same diameter as an alpha helix
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Specific interactions in the methionine repressor happen between Lysine, Threonine, A & G
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Restrictions enzymes are part of the bacterial immunity... how?
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Recognises and destroys non-self DNA
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Cuts around viral DNA that has infected the genome
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Proteases break down the viral coat
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Restriction enzymes and transferases come in pairs, with the restriction enzyme made first
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How does EcoRI bind?
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Phosphate backbone reactions in the minor groove
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Phosphate backbone reactions in the major groove
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Specific interactions in the minor groove
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Specific interactions in the major groover
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EcoRI looks for 2 G-C on top of each other because they're more bendable
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Where in the GAATTC sequence does EcoR1 cut?
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Eco RI needs an Fe iron to bind
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Where are the distortions of the DNA caused by EcoRI?
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In the centre of GAATTC
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G/AATT/C
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GA/AT/TC
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Hydrophobic interactions in ECORI-DNA ineractions recognise what?
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AA atacking
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AT stacking
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TT stacking
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ECORI uses water mediated interactions to assist DNA recognition
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What is strange about the EcoRV restriction enzyme?
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EcoRV forms a dimer
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ECORV creates major distortions where?
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In the middle
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At the ends
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One residue in
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ECORV binds to the backbone in the minor groove and wraps 'arms' around into the major groove
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The recognition loops in the major groove cause...
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H bonding between stacks
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H bonding between A-G
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H bonding between T-C
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ECORV looks for ATAT bases
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Where in the GCGC sequence does M.Hal methylate?
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The first G
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The first C
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The second G
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The last C
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Methylation prevents the restriction enzyme from recognizing a sequence, so it cannot be cot
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Describe the actions of methylases
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Interactions 'pull out' one of the bases to gain chemical access
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What is the donor for methylation?
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S-adenosyl-methionine
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Methanol
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Methide
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How the methylation interaction studied?
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The cystine had the 5th H replaced with an F
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Trapping it in the active site
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The cystine had the 3rd H replaced with an F
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Once in the active site, a thiol bond forms between the cystine and the cytosine so the methyl can be added
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What is inserted to bind with the widowed G?
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The inserted bases fill up the space left by the flipped out cytosine