类别 全部 - genetic - signaling - transcription - cellular

作者:Berkin Kutluk 8 年以前

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Ribosomal Explosion

Biological organisms rely on a series of intricate processes to sustain life, including cellular respiration and photosynthesis, which transform energy essential for living systems.

Ribosomal Explosion

Ribosomal Explosion

Life in Biological Organisms

Energy is transformed to sustain living systems
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Genetic information is expressed and transmitted
Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction

Interphase (G1 + S + G2)

Meiosis I

Prophase I

Metaphase I

Anaphase I

Telophase I + cytokinesis

Meiosis II

Very similar to Mitosis

Prophase II + Metaphase II + Anaphase II + Telophase II + cytokinesis

Sex gametes are produced. 4 haploid cells (n) with each one copy of chromosomes produced. Go on to form the diploid embryo (2n).

DNA Replication

SSB Proteins and topoisomerase stabilizes the single strands and relieves tension in ssDNA

Leading Strand Synthesis

Synthesized in complementary strands continuously in a 5' to 3' direction. Only one RNA primer is needed

Lagging Strand Synthesis

Synthesized in Okazaki Fragments in 3' to 5' direction by addition of several RNA primers

RNA primers replaced and removed with DNA nucleotides

Fragments of DNA annealed and stick together by phosphodiester bonds

Mitosis and Cell Division (The Cell Cycle)

Interphase (G1 + S + G2) (DNA replication occurs at the synthesis/S Phase)

Prophase

Prometaphase

Metaphase

Anaphase

Telophase

Cytokinesis, cell divides into two by cleavage of cytoplasm. DNA replication ensures identical DNA distribution into two daughter cells.

Gene Regulation

Eukaryotes

Chromatin Modification and DNA packaging

Chromatin is coiled by histones to form nucleosomes, and supercoiled into tight helical fibers, and then wrapped into looped domains on protein scaffold.

Metaphase Chromosomes form (1400 nm in length)

Acetylation of protruding histone tails.

Promotes loose chromatin structure, and therefore available for transcription and gene expression. Genes turned on.

Combinatorial Gene regulation by specific transcription factors. At the transcription initiation stage.

Distal control elements and enhancers

Specific transcription factors

Bind to enhancers, and increase expression higher than basal level

DNA bending protein, brings closer to RNA polymerase, and mediator proteins, along with general transcription factors form active transcription complex

Cell Signaling

Hydrophobic Signaling

Signal molecule enters cytoplasm, and binds to receptor in cytoplasm

Receptor-Signal complex enters nucleus as a specific transcription factor and binds to DNA, and bind to promoter.

Hydrophilic Signaling

G-protein Receptor Pathway

G-protein binds to signal molecule. GTP binds to G-protein, and GDP knocked off. G-protein is active.

Binds to adenylyl cyclase

cAMP produced from ATP as a secondary messenger

Phosphorylation Cascade, and signal transduction pathway begins with activation of Protein Kinase A.

Specific and activator transcription factors produced.

Phosphodiesterase turns of cAMP signaling by converting cAMP to AMP.

Tyrosine Kinase Receptor Pathway

Signal molecule binds to receptor

Auto-phosphorylation of tyrosine tails activates tyrosine kinase receptor

Activates protein kinases

Phosphorylation Cascade

Specific Transcription Factors formed (activators for binding to enhancers in nucleus).

Cell response

Prokaryotes

Operons

Trp Operon

If tyrtophan is absent, repressor is inactive

Trp operon is on

If tyrtophan is present, acts as a corepressor, and can inhibit trp operon

Trp operon is off

Lac Operon

If lactose is absent, repressor is active.

If lactose present, it is an inducer, and inhibits lac repressor protein from binding to operator.

If glucose is absent, cAMP levels are high, CAP is active

Lac operon is on

If glucose is present, cAMP levels are low, CAP is inactive

Lac operon is off

Gene Expression

Transcription

Translation

Protein Trafficking

Free Ribosomes synthesize polypeptides (with no Signal Peptide Sequence)

Nucleus and Peroxisomes

Chloroplast

Mitochondria

Endomembrane System Proteins

Post-Translational modification + glycosylation and lipidification of proteins in rough ER

Golgi apparatus

Plasma Membrane Proteins

Lysosomes

Structure relates to function