During transcription , DNA is used as a template to guide the synthesis of RN
Transcription· Transcription -
process by which RNA is synthesized from a DNA template
similar to DNA
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replication but synthesizes RNA molecule
Template strand unwound DNA strand used as model for Synthesis of RNA transcript
(noncoding antisense, minus
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One ,
strand)
synthesized RNA complementary template (reverse complement)
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synthesized by RNA polymerase enzyme that adds nucleotides to 3 end of growing RNA aka growing transcript
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DNA strand not used as template for transcription =
nontemplate strand (coding , sense, plus strand)
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Transcription =
3 stages :
① Initiation :
-RNA polymerase + proteins bind double-stranded DNA
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DNA strands are separated
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transcription of template begins
② Elongation :
RNA polymerase moves down template nucleotides added to 3' end of transcript
growing RNA
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③ Termination :
RNA polymerase reaches in template strand that stops transcription releases
sequence transcript
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Promoters's Transcription initiates + terminates at specific points along DNA molecule
Terminators
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Promoters -
regions of a few hundred base pairs where RNA polymerase associated proteins bind
+ to DNA to initiate transcription
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region in double-stranded DNA but only initiates -
on one strand
TATA box-sequence (5'-TATAAA-3') found in many promoters
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Terminators -
sequence on DNA molecule that halts transcription
Different genes in same DNA molecule be transcribed from opposite strands
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No one fixed template strand
depends of promoter
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on orientation of promoter transcription
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begins downstream
Transcription =
regulated process -
under certain conditions
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33 2 RNA .
polymerase adds successive nucleotides to the 3' end of the transcript a
RNA grows in 51-3' direction , moves along template in 31-5' direction
ribonucleotide only accepted pairs properly match
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if base
phosphates released
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uses one phosphate group to provide energy ,
other two
group of growing strand attacks innermost phosphate of
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OH
incoming nucleotide drive rx is released
energy to
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very efficient
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RNA does not proofreading function error rate is much
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polymerase have higher
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