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z-Ch. 5 & 6 Protein and DNA
PCB3522 Chai Xinqing , White Roseann , Borgon Robert Spring 2011
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 3
02/27/2010

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WD40
Definition
Function: protein-protein interactions, a stable propeller-like platform to which proteins bind either stably or reversibly
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EF-hand
Definition
Function: Calcium binding Specificity: Ca2+
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SNARE
Definition
Function: protein-protein interactions in intracellular membrane fusion Specificity: other SNARE domains
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SH3
Definition
Function: protein-protein interactions Specificity: proline-rich sequences
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SH2
Definition
Function: protein-protein interaction
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Chromo
Definition
Function: protein-protein interactions in chormatin remodeling Specificity: methylated lysine
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Bromo
Definition
Function: protein-protein interactions in chromatin remodeling Specificity: acetylated lysine
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Acetylation
Definition
Loosening up activation
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SUMOylation
Definition
Transport
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Ubiquitination
Definition
Degridation
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Methylation
Definition
Silancing
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Phosphorylation
Definition
Activation
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1nm
Definition
= 10A
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Adenine
Definition
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Guanine
Definition
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Cytosine
Definition
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Thymine
Definition
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Major groove Minor groove
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22A 12A
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Tm
Definition
Half DNA in single strand form
Higher with higher GC content and higher salt content
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Topoisomerase
Definition
ss/ds breaks changes supercoiling
Type I: ss
Type II: ds requires ATP to reset
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Gyrase
Definition
type of topoisomerase introduces negative supercoils or relaxes positive supercoils
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Helicases
Definition
separate strands of DNA during synthesis, transcription, recombination, repair
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kDa -> AA
Definition
X 9
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AA -> kDa
Definition
/9
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Phosphofructokinase
Definition
Fructose 6-phosphate to fructose-1,6-bisphosphate
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fructose-1,6-bisphosphate
Definition
Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate and dihydroxyacetone phosphate
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Pyruvate kinase
Definition
phosphoenolpyruvate to pyruvate
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