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Alevel OCR Biology A notes on Cellular Control from an A* biology student. Plus diagrams.

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regulators
gene
as sere gene
↑ ↑ ~
operator
lactase

promotor
D lack
I
D O laclacY
lacA,
lac operon
for regulatory gene


Cellular control
-gene mutation:
change sequence
in of base pairs DNA
in altered
moucule:
polypeptide
Insection vcleotide inserted effect
base
randomly change
-



/ new hrock an codone later
= =


on

I
-delection=
nucleotide randomly deleted hoch
=

an effect frameshift mutation


substitution:D NA effect
-




base
randomly swapped for different base vo
=
hrock an



↳ silent a lter
mutations mutation does it
=


amino acid sequence

↳>
missense mutation mutation alters single amino acid
=


a



↳> codon-
consense mutations mutation creates premature stops translation
mini
=


stop


-beneficial altered b eneficial effects for
charcreteristic: organism


E
murations
-


results in

degenerate
genetic code Harmful murations characteristic:h armful ellects:genetic diseases
-



altered
-




-Neutral mutations to selective advantage or disadvantage
=




-
silent -polypeptide not
altered/only slightly f unction
altered: unchanged
mutations

-nucleus of every human body same
cell: every cell/not always express
genes:not every gene expressed in
↳>
regulatory mechanisms:e nsure correct genes are expressed t he
in right cell at the right time



Transcriptional regulation, Post-transcriptional regulation post-translational
+



regulation

-structural gene codes
=
for protein that has a a
faction within cell



-Regulatory for that
protein controls the of structural
=



gene codes expression genes


-Las transcriptional regulation
operon:

=snuchral genes proccrycte
in ->
operon (gene c ontroved
cluster: by same
promoters

=control production of lacrabe +

structural proteins


breaks down lactose -> bed as
energy sarce bacterial
in an



inducible enzyme= only synthesised in presence of Lactose


=snuchre:promoter of structural gene (allows gene transcriptions, operator (represser binds to



inhibitgene transcription), stuchral genes:l a c 2 (lacrase), Lacy (permease),

Lac A
(trans-acetylase);promoter of requentory gene, lack (codes for has
repressor

proteins
"lac represser protein 2
=




binding bind
site- to operater
on lave
operon+ lactose (effector) =




prevents transcription of stuctral genes (RNA polymerase can attach to




promoter), binding lactoce
to repressor protein
=


shape divort=c a n t bind


operator.
to

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Publisher: september 2015 ISBN: 9780198351924 Edition: 1

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