Question 1
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DNA helicase unwinds DNA into ssDNA for what processes?
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DNA repair
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DNA replication
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DNA recombination
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DNA destruction
Question 2
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DNA helicase's process and translocate branched structures
Question 3
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Name (a) branched DNA structure(s)
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Holliday junctions
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D loops
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Binary helix
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T loops
Question 4
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RNA helicases cannot destabilize RNA secondary structures
Question 5
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RNA helicases help in which of the following processes
A- Promote ribosome assembly
B- RNA translocation
C-RNA splicing
D- RNA editing and transport
E-RNA degredation
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A, C & D
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B, C & E
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A only
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E only
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All of them
Question 6
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Some helicases can work on both RNA & DNA
Question 7
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Which of the following unwind RNA-DNA hybrids
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RNA helicase, then DNA helicase
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DNA helicase, then RNA helicase
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RNA/DNA helicases
Question 8
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RNA/DNA helicases perform which of the following functions?
Question 9
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All helicases use energy from NTP hydrolysis to translocate along polynucleotides
Question 10
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Helicases are dependent on Fe2+
Question 11
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Helicases can take which of the following forms (commonly)
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Hexamers
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Monomers
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Trimers
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Dimers
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Tetramers
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Pentamers
Question 12
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Helicases can have an oligomeric structure
Question 13
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Helicases can be
Question 14
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What is the difference between translocases and helicases?
Question 15
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Give an example of a DNA/RNA unwinding helicase/translocase
Question 16
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Name a helicase/translocase that effects protein motion on DNA
Question 17
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Name a necleoprotein complex remodelling helicase
Question 18
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Name a DNA/RNA remodelling helicase
Question 19
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Helicases are divided into seven superfamilies based on primary structure, and then 3 structural classes
Question 20
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The two structural classes are monomers and dimers
Question 21
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All helicases contain a Rec B fold
Question 22
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EVERY helicase molecule contains which of the following?
Question 23
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The _TP binding site and the nucleotide binding site on a helicase are allosterically linked
Question 24
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Type A helicases (like PCRA) travel in which direction?
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3' > 5'
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5' > 3'
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Both ways
Question 25
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Rec D is a Type 2 helicase- in which direction does it travel?
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5' > 3'
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Both ways
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3' . 5'
Question 26
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Rec BCD is a bipolar helicase
Question 27
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In a bacterial Holliday Junction with a stalled replication fork, what is required to allow replication to continue?
Question 28
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If Holliday Junctions cannot be repaired, they lead to a cruciform structure
Question 29
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What is the slowest rate of movement of a helicase?
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10 bp/sec
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8 bp/sec
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12 bp/sec
Question 30
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Rate of helicase movement is dramatically dependent on protein partners
Question 31
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The fastest known helicase moves around 4000 bp/sec
Question 32
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Define Helicase Processivity
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How fast it moves along the DNA/RNA
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How far it can move before it falls off
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How far it moves per substrate hydrolysis
Question 33
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Helicases can move around 10-30,000 base pairs before falling off depending on the helicase (and it's protein partners)
Question 34
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Step size is a theoretical limit due to the entropy of NTP hydrolysis
Question 35
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Step size is the theoretical avg no of bp unwound per NTP hydrolysis cycle
Question 36
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The limit on step size = Energy required to melt the bp x step size
Question 37
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What is the experimental limit of step size?
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0.3-3 bp
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0.5- 5bp
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0.7- 7 bp
Question 38
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What is this image showing?
Question 39
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Which of the following is believed to be the unwinding mechanism used by helicases?
Question 40
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PCRA is made of how many domains?
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4 - 1A/B & 2A/B
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2 - 1A & 2A
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6 1A/B, 2A/B & 3A/B
Question 41
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PCRA activity is dependent on its protein partners
Question 42
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PCRA is an ATPase with...
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A 3' > 5' polarity
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A 5' > 3' polarity
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A low rate of 30 bp/sec
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A high rate of 300 bp/sec
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A low processivity of 10 bp/sec
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A high processivity of 100 bp/sec
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A step size of 16 bp/ATP
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A step size of 6 bp/ATP
Question 43
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The conserved Helicase motifs of PCRA are in the accessory domains
Question 44
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Aromatic stacking occurs between the inserted aa and bp
Question 45
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Which of the following will bind to the DNA
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Tryptophan
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Phenylalanine
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Tyrosine
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Histidine
Question 46
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The complex of PCRA-DNA remains the same during ATP binding and ATP hydrolysis
Question 47
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Duplex distortion in the PCRA substrate complex suggests a Passive unwinding system
Question 48
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Partner proteins are required by PCRA for which processes?
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Loading
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Unwinding
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Activation
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Catalytic modification
Question 49
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Hexameric helicases can be part of the replisome
Question 50
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Hexameric helicases have a toroidal strcture to confer high processivity
Question 51
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ATP binds where on hexameric helicases?
Question 52
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ssDNA is bound in the central channel to a 'spiral staircase' of bining loops
Question 53
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ATP binding pocket changes _ around the ring
Question 54
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ATP binding correlates with loop hight in the central channel