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Lecture 4 Structure and function of nucleic acid Contents 1. Composition of nucleic acid 2. Structure and function of DNA 3. Structures and functions of RNA 4. Properties of nucleic acid Brief history • 1869: isolated DNA from salmon sperm (Friedrich Miescher) • 1944: proved DNA is genetic materials (Avery et al.) • 1953: discovered DNA double helix (Watson and Crick) • 1968: decoded the genetic codes (Nirenberg) • 1981: invented DNA sequencing method (Gilbert and Sanger) • 1987: launched the human genome project • 2001: accomplished the draft map of human genome Deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA Nucleic acid Ribonucleic acid, RNA 1. The components of DNA and RNA •DNA and RNA are polymers of nucleotide units. • DNA (RNA) consists of 4 kinds of ribonucleotide units linked together through covalent bonds. • Each nucleotide unit is composed of a nitrogenous base a pentose sugar a phosphate group 1.1 Bases • Purines : – Adenine (A) – Guanine (G) • Pyrimidines : – Cytosine (C) – Uracil (U) – Thymine (T) DNA: A,G,C,T RNA: A,G,C,U Thymine (T) is a 5-methyluracil (U) 1.2 Ribose (in RNA) and deoxyribose (in DNA) • • Ribose and deoxyribose predominantly exist in the cyclic form. 1.3 Nucleosides =ribose/deoxyribose + bases •The bases are covalently attached to the 1’ position of a pentose sugar ring, to form a nucleoside Glycosidic bond 1 R Ribose or 2’-deoxyribose Adenosine, guanosine, cytidine, thymidine, uridine 1.4 Nucleotides = nucleoside + phosphate •A nucleotide is a nucleoside with one or more phosphate groups bound covalently. Phosphate ester bonds Deoxynucleotides (containing deoxyribose) Ribonucleotides (containing ribose) BASES NUCLEOSIDES Adenine (A) Adenosine NUCLEOTIDES Adenosine 5’-triphosphate (ATP) Deoxyadenosine Deoxyadenosine 5’-triphosphate (dATP) Guanine (G) Guanosine Deoxyguanosine Cytosine (C) Cytidine Deoxycytidine Uridine Uracil (U) Thymine (T) Thymidine/ Deoxythymidie Guanosine 5’-triphosphate (GTP) Deoxy-guanosine 5’-triphosphate (dGTP) Cytidine 5’-triphosphate (CTP) Deoxy-cytidine 5’-triphosphate (dCTP) Uridine 5’-triphosphate (UTP) Thymidine/deoxythymidie 5’-triphosphate (dTTP) phosphate nucleic acid pentose nucleotides nucleosides bases NH2 N O HO P O CH2 O N OH OH OH O Composition of DNA and RNA Nucleic acid base ribose DNA A、G、C、T deoxyribose RNA A、G、C、U ribose 1.5 Some important nucleotides • • • dATP, dGTP, dCTP, dUTP – – – – Raw materials for DNA biosynthesis. ATP, GTP, CTP, UTP . Raw materials for RNA biosynthesis Energy donor Important co-enzymes Nucleic acid derivatives Multiple phosphate nucleotides adenosine monophosphate (AMP) adenosine diphosphate (ADP) adenosine triphosphate (ATP) NH2 NH 2 NH2 HO O O O O O O HO P HOO PP O O CH CH2 P O P O P O CH2 O O OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH ADP AMP OH ATP N N N N N N OH OH OH NN N N N N 2. Structure and function of DNA 2.1 Primary structure Definition: the base sequence (or the nucleotide sequence) in polydeoxynucleotide chain. The smallest DNA in nature is virus DNA. The length of φX174 virus DNA is 5,386 bases (a single chain). The DNA length of human genome is 3,000,000,000 pair bases. 5’end Phosphodiester bond 3’ end: free hydroxyl (-OH) group • 3’,5’ phosphodiester bond link nucleotides together to form polynucleotide chains The structure of a DNA chain can be concisely represented • An even more abbreviated notation for this chain is – – pApCpGpTpA pACGTA • The base chain is written in the 5’ →3’ direction 2.2 Secondary structure The secondary structure is defined as the relative spatial position of all the atoms of nucleotide residues. Secondary structure — DNA double helix structure •Watson and Crick , 1953 •The genetic material of all organisms except for some viruses. •The foundation of the molecular biology. James D. Watson Francis H.C. Crick DNA double helix •Two separate strands •Antiparellel (5’3’ direction) •Base pairing: hydrogen bonding that holds two strands together •Complementary (sequence) • Sugar-phosphate backbones (negatively charged): outside • Base pairs (stack one above the other): inside Essential for replicating DNA and transcribing RNA 6 7 5 8 1 9 4 3 2 4 32 1 G:C A:T Base pairing Conformational variation in double-helical structure • B-DNA • A-DNA • Z-DNA • B-form: the duplex structure proposed by Watson and Crick is referred as the B-form DNA. •It is the standard structure for DNA molecules. •A-form: at low humidity the DNA molecule will take the A-form: •The A-form helix is wider and shorter, with a shorter more compact helical structure, than the B-form helix. • Z-form: the Z-form DNA is adopted by short oligonucleotides. •It is a left-handed double helix in which backbone phosphates zigzag. 2.4 Eukaryotic DNA • DNA in eukaryotic cells is highly packed. • DNA appears in a highly ordered form called chromosomes during metaphase, whereas shows a relatively loose form of chromatin in other phases. • The basic unit of chromatin is nucleosome. • Nucleosomes are composed of DNA and histone proteins. Nucleosome • The chromosomal DNA is complexed with five types of histone. •Histons are very basic proteins, rich in Arginine and Lysine. •Nucleosomes: regular association of DNA with histones to form a structure effectively compacting DNA. ”beads” Beads on a string • 146 bp of negatively supercoiled DNA winds 1 ¾ turns around a histone octomer. • H1 histone binds to the DNA spacer. The importance of packing of DNA into chromosomes Chromosome is a compact form of the DNA that readily fits inside the cell To protect DNA from damage DNA in a chromosome can be transmitted efficiently to both daughter cells during cell division Chromosome confers an overall organization to each molecule of DNA, which facilitates gene expression as well as recombination. 2.5 Functions of DNA • The carrier of genetic information. • The template strand involved in replication and transcription. Gene: the minimum functional unit in DNA Genome: the total genes in a living cell or living beings. 3. Structures and functions of RNA Conformational variability of RNA is important for the much more diverse roles of RNA in the cell, when compared to DNA. Types : • mRNA: messenger RNA, the carrier of genetic information from DNA to translate into protein • tRNA: transfer RNA , to transport amino acid to ribosomes to synthesize protein • rRNA: ribosomal RNA, the components of ribosomes • hnRNA: Heterogeneous nuclear RNA • snRNA: small nuclear RNA RNA structure • RNA molecules are largely singlestranded but there are doublestranded regions. 3.1 Messenger RNA( mRNA) • Function: the carrier of genetic information from DNA for the synthesis of protein. • Comprises only about 5% of the RNA in the cell. • Composition: vary considerably in size (500-6000 bases in E. coli) 3.2 Transfer RNA (tRNA) • They make up 15% of the RNA in the cell. • Function: Transport amino acids to ribosomes for assembly into proteins. • There are at least 20 types of tRNA in one cell. • Primary Structure : – 74~95 bases, the smallest of the three major RNA. – Modified bases: pseudouridine (ψ) methylguanosine dihydrouridine (D) – The sequence CCA at the 3’ terminus Secondary structure: cloverleaf • – – – – – Four loops and four arms Amino acid arm (7bp): to bide amino acid D loop(8-14bp) and D arm(3-4bp): Anticoden loop(5bp) and arm(7bp): to recognize amino acid coden on the mRNA. TψC loop(7bp) and arm(5bp) Variable loop(4-5bp or 13-21bp) •Tertiary structure of tRNA 3.3 Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) • Components of ribosomes. • They make up 80% of the RNA in the cell. Ribosomes • Ribosomes are cytoplasmic structures that synthesize protein, composed of RNA (2/3) and protein (1/3). • The ribosomes of prokaryotes and eukaryotes are similar in shape and function. The difference between them is the size and chemical composition. Denaturation • • • • Concept: The course of hydrogen bonds broken, 3-D structure was destroyed, the double helix changed into single strand irregular coil. Results: biological functions are lost. • Heat denaturation and Tm • When DNA were heated to certain temperature, the absorption value at 260nm would increased sharply,which indicates that the double strand helix DNA was separated into single strand. •Tm (melting temperature of DNA): • The temperature of UV absorption increase to an half of maximum value in DNA denaturation.