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Chapter 16 Molecular Basis of inheritance
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• Life’s Operating Instructions
• 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick shook
the world with an elegant double-helical model
for the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, or
DNA
Figure 16.1
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• DNA, the substance of inheritance
– Most celebrated molecule of our time
• Hereditary information
– Encoded in the chemical language of DNA
• DNA program
– Directs development of many different types of
traits
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• Is DNA the genetic material??
• Early in the 20th century
– The ID of the molecules of inheritance major
challenge to biologists
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Discovery of the structure of DNA
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• Role of DNA in heredity
– First worked out by studying bacteria and the
viruses that infect them
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Evidence That DNA Can Transform Bacteria
• Frederick Griffith (Streptococcus pneumoniae)
– causes pneumonia
• Worked with 2 strains of the bacterium
– pathogenic strain & a nonpathogenic strain
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16.2
Griffith:
EXPERIMENT
Bacteria of the “S” (smooth) strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae are pathogenic because they
have a capsule that protects them from an animal’s defense system. Bacteria of the “R” (rough) strain lack a capsule
and are nonpathogenic. Frederick Griffith injected mice with the two strains as shown below:
Living S
(control) cells
Living R
(control) cells
Heat-killed
(control) S
cells
Mixture of heat-killed S cells
and living R cells
RESULTS
Mouse dies
Mouse healthy
Mouse healthy
Mouse dies
Living S cells
are found in
blood sample.
CONCLUSION
Griffith concluded that the living R bacteria had been transformed into pathogenic S bacteria by an
unknown, heritable substance from the dead S cells.
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• Griffith called the phenomenon transformation
– Now defined as a change in genotype and
phenotype due to the assimilation of external
DNA
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• Bacterial viruses  bacteriophages
– “Tool” used in molecular genetics
Phage
head
Tail
Tail fiber
Figure 16.3
Bacterial
cell
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100 nm
DNA
• Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase
– Experiments showed that DNA is the genetic
material of a phage known as T2
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• Hershey and Chase experiment
EXPERIMENT
In their famous 1952 experiment, Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase used radioactive sulfur
and phosphorus to trace the fates of the protein and DNA, respectively, of T2 phages that infected bacterial cells.
1 Mixed radioactively
labeled phages with
bacteria. The phages
infected the bacterial cells.
Phage
2 Agitated in a blender to 3 Centrifuged the mixture
separate phages outside
so that bacteria formed
the bacteria from the
a pellet at the bottom of
bacterial cells.
the test tube.
Radioactivity
(phage protein)
in liquid
Radioactive Empty
protein protein shell
Bacterial cell
Batch 1: Phages were
grown with radioactive
sulfur (35S), which was
incorporated into phage
protein (pink).
4 Measured the
radioactivity in
the pellet and
the liquid
DNA
Phage
DNA
Centrifuge
Radioactive
Pellet (bacterial
cells and contents)
DNA
Batch 2: Phages were
grown with radioactive
phosphorus (32P), which
was incorporated into
phage DNA (blue).
Centrifuge
Pellet
RESULTS
Radioactivity
(phage DNA)
in pellet
Phage proteins remained outside the bacterial cells during infection, while phage DNA entered the cells.
When cultured, bacterial cells with radioactive phage DNA released new phages with some radioactive phosphorus.
Figure 16.4
CONCLUSION
Hershey and Chase concluded that DNA, not protein, functions as the T2 phage’s genetic material.
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• Prior to the 1950s  DNA was a polymer of
nucleotides consisting of: a nitrogenous base, a
sugar, and a phosphate group
Nitrogenous
bases
Sugar-phosphate
backbone
5 end
5
CH2
O P O
O
1
4 H
O–
H
H
H
2
3
H
CH3
O–
O
H
N
N
H
O
Thymine (T)
O
O
P
O
CH2
O–
H
H
H
H
Adenine (A)
H
H
O
P
O
CH2
O–
H
O
H
H
P
O
5
CH2
4 H
O–
Phosphate H
Figure 16.5
3
OH
Sugar (deoxyribose)
3 end
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H
O
1
H
H
2
H
H
N
O
Cytosine (C)
H
O
N
N
H
H
O
H
N
N
H
O
N
N
H
H
H
N
O
N
O
N
N
N
N
H
H
H
Guanine (G)
DNA nucleotide
• Erwin Chargaff (1947)
– DNA composition varies from one species to the
next
–
Evidence of molecular diversity among species
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• Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin
– Used X-ray crystallography to study molecular
structure
• Rosalind Franklin
–
“picture” of the DNA molecule using this
technique
Figure 16.6 a, b
(a) Rosalind Franklin
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(b) Franklin’s X-ray diffraction
Photograph of DNA
• Watson and Crick deduced that DNA was a
double helix
– used Franklin’s X-ray crystallographic images
of DNA
G
C
A
T
T
A
1 nm
C
G
C
A
T
G
C
T
A
T
A
A
T
T
A
G
A
Figure 16.7a, c
3.4 nm
G
C
0.34 nm
T
(a) Key features of DNA structure
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(c) Space-filling model
• Franklin:
– DNA  two antiparallel sugar-phosphate
backbones, with the nitrogenous bases paired
in the molecule’s interior
• The nitrogenous bases
– Paired in specific combinations: adenine with
thymine, and cytosine with guanine, (Watson
and Crick)
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5 end
O
OH
Hydrogen bond
P
–O
3 end
OH
O
O
A
T
O
O
O
CH2
P
–O
O
H2C
O
–O
P
O
O
G
O
C
O
O
CH2
P
O
O–
O
P
H2C
O
O
C
O
G
O
O
O
CH2
P
–O
O–
O
O
O–
O
P
H2C
O
O
A
O
T
O
CH2
OH
3 end
O
O–
P
O
Figure 16.7b
(b) Partial chemical structure
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O
5 end
• Watson and Crick  additional specificity of
pairing
– Dictated by the structure of the bases
• Each base pair forms a different number of
hydrogen bonds
– Adenine and thymine form 2 bonds, cytosine
and guanine form 3 bonds
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H
N
N
N
N
Sugar
O
H
H
CH3
N
N
N
O
Sugar
Thymine (T)
Adenine (A)
H
O
N
N
Sugar
N
H
N
N
N
N
N
Figure 16.8
H
H
Guanine (G)
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H
O
Sugar
Cytosine (C)
DNA
Structure   function is manifest in the
double helix
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• Strands of DNA are complementary  each
strand acts as a template for building a new
strand in replication
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• DNA replication
 base-pairing rules
T
A
T
A
T
A
C
G
C
G
C
T
A
T
A
T
A
A
T
A
T
A
T
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
A
T
A
T
A
T
C
G
C
G
C
G
T
A
T
A
T
A
T
A
T
A
T
C
G
C
G
C
A
G
(a) The parent molecule has two
complementary strands of DNA.
Each base is paired by hydrogen
bonding with its specific partner,
A with T and G with C.
(b) The first step in replication is
separation of the two DNA
strands.
Figure 16.9 a–d
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(c) Each parental strand now
serves as a template that
determines the order of
nucleotides along a new,
complementary strand.
(d) The nucleotides are connected
to form the sugar-phosphate
backbones of the new strands.
Each “daughter” DNA
molecule consists of one parental
strand and one new strand.
DNA replication is semiconservative
Parent cell
Conservative
model. The two
parental strands
reassociate
after acting as
templates for
new strands,
thus restoring
the parental
double helix.
(a)
Semiconservative
model. The two
strands of the
parental molecule
separate,
and each functions
as a template
for synthesis of
(b) a new, complementary strand.
Dispersive
(c)
model. Each
strand of both
daughter molecules contains
a mixture of
old and newly
synthesized
DNA.
Figure 16.10 a–c
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First
replication
Second
replication
• Meselson and Stahl experiment
– Supported the semiconservative model
EXPERIMENT
Matthew Meselson and Franklin Stahl cultured E. coli bacteria for several generations
on a medium containing nucleotide precursors labeled with a heavy isotope of nitrogen, 15N. The bacteria
incorporated the heavy nitrogen into their DNA. The scientists then transferred the bacteria to a medium with
only 14N, the lighter, more common isotope of nitrogen. Any new DNA that the bacteria synthesized would be
lighter than the parental DNA made in the 15N medium. Meselson and Stahl could distinguish DNA of different
densities by centrifuging DNA extracted from the bacteria.
1 Bacteria
2 Bacteria
cultured in
transferred to
medium
medium
containing
containing
15N
14N
RESULTS
3
DNA sample
centrifuged
after 20 min
(after first
replication)
4
DNA sample
centrifuged
after 40 min
(after second
replication)
Less
dense
More
dense
The bands in these two centrifuge tubes represent the results of centrifuging two DNA samples from the flask
Figure 16.11 in step 2, one sample taken after 20 minutes and one after 40 minutes.
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CONCLUSION Meselson and Stahl concluded that DNA replication follows the semiconservative
model by comparing their result to the results predicted by each of the three models in Figure 16.10.
The first replication in the 14N medium produced a band of hybrid (15N–14N) DNA. This result eliminated
the conservative model. A second replication produced both light and hybrid DNA, a result that eliminated
the dispersive model and supported the semiconservative model.
First replication
Conservative
model
Semiconservative
model
Dispersive
model
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Second replication
DNA Replication: A Closer Look
• Remarkable speed and accuracy
• More than a dozen enzymes and other proteins
participate
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• Replication begins at sites called origins of
replication
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• Eukaryotic chromosome
 100s or 1000s of origins
Origin of replication
1 Replication begins at specific sites
where the two parental strands
separate and form replication
bubbles.
Bubble
Parental (template) strand
Daughter (new) strand
0.25 µm
Replication fork
2 The bubbles expand laterally, as
DNA replication proceeds in both
directions.
3 Eventually, the replication
bubbles fuse, and synthesis of
the daughter strands is
complete.
Two daughter DNA molecules
(a) In eukaryotes, DNA replication begins at many sites along the giant
DNA molecule of each chromosome.
Figure 16.12 a, b
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(b) In this micrograph, three replication
bubbles are visible along the DNA of
a cultured Chinese hamster cell (TEM).
• Elongation at replication fork
– Catalyzed by DNA polymerases, which add
nucleotides to the 3 end of a growing strand
New strand
5 end
Sugar
Template strand
3 end
A
Base
Phosphate
T
A
T
C
G
C
G
G
C
G
C
A
T
A
OH
Pyrophosphate 3 end
P
OH
Figure 16.13
3 end
5 end
Nucleoside
triphosphate
C
P
C
2 P
5 end
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5 end
• Antiparallel structure of the double helix affects
replication
5 end
O
OH
Hydrogen bond
P
–O
3 end
OH
O
O
A
T
O
–O
O
O
P
O
O–
O
H2C
O
–O
P
O
O
G
O
C
O
O
CH2
P
O
O–
O
P
H2C
O
O
C
O
G
O
O
O
–O
CH2
CH2
P
O
O–
O
P
H2C
O
O
A
O
T
O
CH2
OH
3 end
O
O–
P
O
Figure 16.7b
(b) Partial chemical structure
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O
5 end
• DNA polymerases add nucleotides only to the
free 3end of a growing strand
• Along one strand, the leading strand
– DNA polymerase synthesizes complementary
strand continuously
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• Lagging strand
– DNA polymerase works in the direction away
from the replication fork
– Synthesized as a series of segments (Okazaki
fragments), which are then joined together by
DNA ligase
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• Synthesis of leading and lagging strands during
DNA replication
1 DNA pol Ill elongates
DNA strands only in the
5
3 direction. 3
5
Parental DNA
5
3
Okazaki
fragments
2
1
3
5
DNA pol III
2 One new strand, the leading strand,
can elongate continuously 5
3
as the replication fork progresses.
3 The other new strand, the
lagging strand must grow in an overall
3
5 direction by addition of short
segments, Okazaki fragments, that grow
5
3 (numbered here in the order
they were made).
Template
strand
3
Leading strand
Lagging strand
2
Template
strand
Figure 16.14
1
DNA ligase
Overall direction of replication
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4 DNA ligase joins Okazaki
fragments by forming a bond between
their free ends. This results in a
continuous strand.
Priming DNA Synthesis
• DNA polymerases cannot initiate the synthesis
of a polynucleotide
– They can only add nucleotides to the 3 end
• The initial nucleotide strand
– Is an RNA or DNA primer
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1
Primase joins RNA nucleotides
into a primer.
3
5
5
3
Template
strand
RNA primer
3
5
3
DNA pol III adds DNA nucleotides to the
primer, forming an Okazaki fragment.
2
5
3
1
After reaching the next
RNA primer (not shown),
DNA pol III falls off.
Okazaki
fragment
3
3
5
1
5
4
After the second fragment is
primed. DNA pol III adds DNA
nucleotides until it reaches the
first primer and falls off. 5
3
5
3
2
5
1
DNA pol 1 replaces the
RNA with DNA, adding to
the 3 end of fragment 2.
5
3
6
5
1
DNA ligase forms a bond
between the newest DNA
and the adjacent DNA of
fragment 1.
5
3
Figure 16.15
3
2
7
The lagging strand
in this region is now
complete.
3
2
1
Overall direction of replication
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5
Other Proteins That Assist DNA Replication
• Helicase, topoisomerase, single-strand binding
protein
Table 16.1
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• Summary of DNA replication
Overall direction of replication
1 Helicase unwinds the
parental double helix.
2 Molecules of singlestrand binding protein
stabilize the unwound
template strands.
3 The leading strand is
synthesized continuously in the
5 3 direction by DNA pol III.
DNA pol III
Lagging
Leading
strand Origin of replication strand
Lagging
strand
OVERVIEW
Leading
strand
Leading
strand
5
3
Parental DNA
4 Primase begins synthesis
of RNA primer for fifth
Okazaki fragment.
5 DNA pol III is completing synthesis of
the fourth fragment, when it reaches the
RNA primer on the third fragment, it will
dissociate, move to the replication fork,
and add DNA nucleotides to the 3 end
of the fifth fragment primer.
Replication fork
Primase
DNA pol III
Primer
4
DNA ligase
DNA pol I
Lagging
strand
3
2
6 DNA pol I removes the primer from the 5 end
of the second fragment, replacing it with DNA
nucleotides that it adds one by one to the 3 end
of the third fragment. The replacement of the
last RNA nucleotide with DNA leaves the sugarphosphate backbone with a free 3 end.
Figure 16.16
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1
3
5
7 DNA ligase bonds
the 3 end of the
second fragment to
the 5 end of the first
fragment.
• DNA polymerases proofread newly made DNA
– Replacing any incorrect nucleotides
• Mismatch repair of DNA
– Repair enzymes correct errors in base pairing
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• Nucleotide excision repair
– Enzymes cut out and replace damaged
stretches of DNA
1 A thymine dimer
distorts the DNA molecule.
2 A nuclease enzyme cuts
the damaged DNA strand
at two points and the
damaged section is
removed.
Nuclease
DNA
polymerase
3 Repair synthesis by
a DNA polymerase
fills in the missing
nucleotides.
DNA
ligase
Figure 16.17
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4 DNA ligase seals the
Free end of the new DNA
To the old DNA, making the
strand complete.
• Ends of eukaryotic chromosomal DNA get
shorter with each round of replication
5
End of parental
DNA strands
Leading strand
Lagging strand
3
Last fragment
Previous fragment
RNA primer
Lagging strand
5
3
Primer removed but
cannot be replaced
with DNA because
no 3 end available
for DNA polymerase
Removal of primers and
replacement with DNA
where a 3 end is available
5
3
Second round
of replication
5
New leading strand 3
New lagging strand 5
3
Further rounds
of replication
Figure 16.18
Shorter and shorter
daughter molecules
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• Eukaryotic chromosomal DNA molecules
– Have telomeres at the ends, that postpone the
erosion of genes near the ends of DNA
molecules
Figure 16.19
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1 µm
• An enzyme called telomerase catalyzes the
lengthening of telomeres in germ cells
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