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Introduction to Bioinformatics Fall Semester 2005 CSC 487/687 Computing for Bioinformatics What is Bioinformatics Easy Answer Using computers to solve molecular biology problems; Intersection of molecular biology and computer science Hard Answer Computational techniques (e.g. algorithms, artificial intelligence, databases) for management and analysis of biological data and knowledge Bioinformatics Bioinformatics = Biology + Information Biology is becoming an information science Computation methods are necessary to analyze the massive amount of information that coming out of the genome projects Bioinformatics is Another Revolution in Biology Three concepts, which remain central to Bioinformatics Data representation A complex, dynamic, three-dimensional molecule string of characters a simple Three concepts, which remain central to Bioinformatics The concept of similarity – Evolution has operated on every sequence – In biomolecular sequences (DNA, RNA or amino acid sequences). High sequence similarity usually implies significant functional or structural similarity. – The opposite is not true – Algorithms for comparing sequences and finding similar regions are at the heart of bioinformatics Three concepts, which remain central to Bioinformatics Bioinformatics is not a theoretical science; it is driven by the data, which in turn is driven by the needs of biology. Sequences Microarray technologies … GenBank Growth Moore’s Law What do you need to know? It all depends on your background Are you a …? Biologist with some computer knowledge, or Computer scientist with some biology background Few do both well Background Biology for Computer Scientists Computer Science for Biologists Biological Information Flow Genome Introns/Exons Gene Sequence Bioinformatics attempts to model this pathway Protein Sequence Protein Structure Protein Functions Cellular Pathways Living Things Entropy (the tendency to disorder) always increase Living organisms have low entropy compared with things like soil They are relatively orderly… The most critical task is to maintain the distinction between inside and outside Living Things In order to maintain low entropy, living organisms must expend energy to keep things orderly. They figured out how to do this 4 billion years ago The functions of life, therefore, are meant to facilitate the acquisition and orderly expenditure of energy Living Things The compartments with low entropy are separated from “the world.” Cells are the smallest unit of such compartments. Bacteria are single-cell organisms Humans are multi-cell organisms The “living things” have the following tasks: Gather energy from environment Use energy to maintain inside/outside distinction Use extra energy to reproduce Develop strategies for being successful and efficient at the above tasks – Develop ways to move around – Develop signal transduction capabilities (e.g. vision) – Develop methods for efficient energy capture (e.g. digestion) – Develop ways to reproduce effectively How to accomplish…? Living compartments on earth have developed three basic technologies – Ability to separate inside from outside (lipids) – Ability to build three-dimensional molecules that assist in the critical functions of life (Protein, RNA) – Ability to compress the information about how (and when) to build these molecules in linear code (DNA) Bioinformatics Schematic of a Cell Lipids Made of hydrophilic (water loving) molecular fragment connected to hydrophobic fragments Spontaneously form sheets (lipid membranes) in which all the hydrophilic ends align on the outside, and hydrophobic ends align on the inside Creates a very stable separation, not easy to pass through except for water and a few other small atoms/molecules What is Nucleotide? Pentose, base, phosphate group Pentose: RNA and DNA Base Adenine (A), Cytosine (C), Guanine (G), Thymine (T), Uracil (U). Nucleic Acid Chain Condensation reaction Orientation From 5’ to 3’ In DNA or RNA, a nucleic acid chain is called “Strand” – DNA: double-stranded – RNA: a single strand The number of bases – Base pair (bp) in DNA DNA Structure DNA Structure DNA Structure RNA Structure and Function • The major role of RNA is to participate in protein synthesis •Messenger RNA (mRNA) •Transfer RNA (tRNA) •Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) mRNA The Genetic Code What is gene? A gene includes the entire nucleic acid sequence necessary for the expression of its product. Such sequence may be divided into – Regulatory region – Transcriptional region: exons and introns Exons encode a peptide or functional RNA Introns will be removed after transcription Gene Genome The total genetic information of an organism. For most organisms, it is the complete DNA sequence For RNA viruses, the genome is the complete RNA sequence Genes and Control Human genome has 3,000,000,000 bps divided into 23 liner segments (chromosome) A gene has an average 1340 DNA bps, thus specifying a protein of about ? (how many) amino acids Humans have about 35,000 genes = 40,000,000 DNA bps = 3% of total DNA in genome Human have another 2,960,000,000 bps for control information. (e.g. when, where, how long, etc…) Gene Expression An organism may contain many types of cells, each with distinct shape and function However, they all have the same genome The genes in a genome do not have any effect on cellular functions until they are “expressed” Different types of cells express different sets of genes, thereby exhibiting various shapes and functions Gene Expression The production of a protein or a functional RNA from its gene Several steps are required – Transcription – RNA processing – Nuclear transport – Protein synthesis Gene Expression Central Dogma DNA RNA Protein Next … Protein Structure and Function An Amino Acid An amino acid is defined as the molecule containing an amino group (NH2), a carboxyl group (COOH) and an R group. R-CH(NH2)-COOH The R group differs among various amino acids. In a protein, the R group is also call a sidechain. An Amino Acid The Twenty Amino Acids of Proteins The Twenty Amino Acids of Proteins Protein Peptide ― a chain of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds. Polypeptides ― long peptides Oligopeptides ― short peptides (< 10 amino acids) Protein are made up of one or more polypeptides with more than 50 amino acids Protein Structure Primary Structure – Refers to its amino acid sequence Secondary structure Regular, repeated patterns of folding of the protein backbone. Two most common folding patterns – Alpha helix – Beta sheet Tertiary Structure The overall folding of the entire polypeptide chain into a specific 3D shape Quaternary Structure Many proteins are formed more than one polypeptide chain Describe the way in which the different subunits are packed together to form the overall structure of the protein Hemoglobin molecule Quaternary Structure Evolution Mutation ― rare events, sometimes single base changes, sometimes larger events Recombination ― how your genome was constructed as a mixture of your two parents Through Natural Selection Homology (similarity): different species are assumed to have common ancestors The genetic variation between different people is …(surprisingly ..) References http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/ problem_sets/large_molecules/ http://helixweb.stanford.edu/bmi214/index2004.html http://www.web-books.com/MoBio/ http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~skiena/549/