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How does every cell get a copy of DNA? Before a cell divides, it has to copy its DNA so the new cell can have a copy. Why? Remember that DNA Replication happens during the S phase of INTERPHASE, when the cell is growing. Also remember that DNA runs opposite directions on either side (one side is upside down). This is called an antiparallel pattern. To start, the DNA unwinds with the help of the enzyme helicase. Then, the DNA ladder splits in two. The hydrogen bonds that hold the bases together are broken. The A’s separate from the T’s and the G’s separate from the C’s. It is like the DNA “unzips”. This unzipped area is called a replication fork. Typically DNA unzips into a bubble with a fork at either end. Once the DNA is unzipped, pre-made nitrogenous bases (ATG & C) that are loose in the nucleus come and “fill in” each split half of the DNA like a puzzle. This process is aided by the enzyme DNA polymerase. Where there is a nucleotide with a Guanine base on the DNA, a nucleotide with a Cytosine base is filled in by DNA polymerase. Where there is a nucleotide with a Thymine base on the DNA, a nucleotide with an Adenine base is filled in by DNA polymerase. When there is: DNA Polymerase will fill in: A T C G G C T A Once all of the bases are filled in, you have two complete, perfect copies of DNA. It is perfect because each unzipped half of DNA provides a pattern, or template, to fill in the other half. In the two resulting copies of DNA, each is half original DNA, and half new DNA. So, we say that DNA replication is semi-conservative. X What Does it Actually Do? DNA controls living things because it holds the genetic code. The instructions in the genetic code are used to build proteins. Remember that proteins are the tools that cells need to do their jobs. Proteins make up many structures in a cell!! (your fingernails and hair are also made of protein). Enzymes that make important chemical reactions in a cell go faster are also proteins. Proteins are made up of chains of AMINO ACIDS Transcription is the first step to making proteins. It involves making a copy of the genetic code. The genetic code is made up of the order of the nitrogen bases (ATGC) in the steps of the DNA ladder. Every three bases make up a code that stands for a certain AMINO ACID. This group of 3 bases is called a CODON. So, the code on the DNA decides what order the amino acids are put together in and what kind of protein is made. 3 Nitrogen Bases 3 Nitrogen Bases Codon Codon for forone one amino aminoacid acid Codon for second amino acid Codon for third amino acid Codon for fourth amino acid Codon for fifth amino acid For example, the Codon CTG codes for the amino acid Aspartic acid. The Codon T T C codes for the amino acid Lysine. The process that turns the DNA code into an actual protein is called…. PROTEIN SYNTHESIS. Varying the code in the DNA changes the order of Amino Acids in the protein, which makes a different protein with different properties. For example, Changing this one Amino Acid changes blood cells: The RBC on the right has sickle cell anemia due to a 1 AA change Nor mal Red Blood Cell RBC with Sickle Cell Anemia Protein Synthesis uses a molecule like DNA called RNA. • RNA is single stranded –it is only made of one half of the ladder • RNA has a different nitrogen base –URACIL (U) instead of Thymine (T) • So, RNA’s bases are AUGC. DoubleStranded SingleStranded There are 3 important kinds of RNA • mRNA (messenger RNA) • tRNA (transfer RNA) • rRNA (ribosomal RNA) To start protein synthesis, the DNA unzips, like if it were going to copy itself. Instead of copying DNA, though, a copy of MESSENGER RNA (mRNA) is made using the DNA template. The enzyme RNA polymerase helps build mRNA just as DNA polymerase helped build DNA. Where DNA has: A T G C This RNA Base will be filled in: U A C G Certain sections of DNA code called promoters tell the RNA polymerase where to attach to DNA and start making mRNA. These act as a start signal for transcription. Thus, the genetic code is re-written (transcribed) in mRNA. The mRNA has extra “junk” code in it called introns. These introns are cut out and the good code (called exons) are put together and their ends are capped. The mRNA is now complete. Introns Removed! When the mRNA is made, it leaves the nucleus and heads for a ribosome (WHERE PROTEINS ARE MADE). In translation, the mRNA is read and the code is used to actually build a protein. The ribosome attaches to the mRNA and runs down it like a train on a track. It stops every three bases (once per codon), and a transfer RNA (tRNA) attaches. AA Chain RNA (Protein) Ribosome AA Chain RNA (Protein) Ribosome TRANSFER RNA is just three bases long, but it has and extra “arm” that grabs onto certain amino acids. Only certain tRNAs with just the right three bases will grab onto certain amino acids. The three bases on tRNA are called an anti-codon. At this end, an Amino Acid is carried Anti-Codon matches a sequence on the RNA (CUU) The ribosome puts the mRNA and tRNA with its amino acid together temporarily. Only the right tRNA with the right anti-codon and the right amino acid will fit onto each mRNA codon. So, a tRNA’s job is to carry an amino acid to its mRNA codon. Once everybody is on board, the ribosome moves three more bases down, and another tRNA attaches with another amino acid. The two amino acids on the two tRNAs on the ribosome on the mRNA stick to each other. Now that two amino acids are stuck together with a peptide bond, the amino acid chain that makes a protein has begun to form. The ribosome keeps moving and attaching more tRNAs and more amino acids to the chain. Once the tRNAs have done their job and their amino acid has joined the protein chain, they leave to get another amino acid. When the ribosome gets to the end of the mRNA, it finds a stop codon that tells it the protein is complete. The ribosome then lets go of the mRNA and the protein lets go of the ribosome. Many ribosomes may read a strand of mRNA at once. From here the protein enters the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) and Golgi Complex to be finalized, packaged in vesicles and sent off to go do its job in the cell, or to be sent out of the cell in exocytosis.