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Exercise 3
Macromolecules II– Nucleic Acids and DNA Extraction Introduction
Nucleic acids
are one of the four types of macromolecules that we study in Introductory Biology. Two forms of nucleic acids are present in most living cells. These two forms are (1) deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
and (2) ribonucleic acid (RNA)
. Please do not just memorize the three letters that are used to represent each molecule; learn how to spell the real name of each molecule. Many teachers will not accept "DNA" or "RNA" as a correct answer. In this lab exercise we will discuss the structure and function of both deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic
acid, and then we will extract deoxyribonucleic acid from cells that were once living. Structure of DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (Figure 3.1) is composed of four types of nucleotides
. Each nucleotide contains (l) one molecule of deoxyribose
sugar which is located between (2) a phosphate group and (3) a nitrogenous base (Figure 3.1.2). A nucleotide contains one of four kinds of nitrogenous bases. These nitrogenous bases are: adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine
(Figure 3.1.1). Two of these bases are purines
and contain two rings of carbon atoms and four nitrogen atoms. The two
purines are adenine and guanine. The other two bases are pyrimidines
and consist of one ring of carbon atoms and two nitrogen atoms. The alternating phosphate and sugar units make the outside part, and the nitrogenous bases project inward to form the steps of a ladder-like molecule, which is twisted into the form of a double helix (i.e., spiraled like the threads on a screw or a spiral staircase). The two strands of nucleotides are joined by the formation of hydrogen bonds between adjacent nitrogenous bases (Figure 3.1.4). Each nitrogenous base is complementary to (i.e., can pair with) only one of the other three nitrogenous bases. The purine adenine and the pyrimidine thymine are complementary. The purine guanine and the pyrimidine cytosine are complementary. Genetic information is stored in the sequence of the nitrogenous bases in the Objectives:
This laboratory exercise is designed to help students learn the following:
1. the types, structure, and
functions of nucleic acids that are present in living cells. 2. to extract and visually examine deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from cells of wheat germ.
Nucleic acids are polymers of nucleotides
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
The nitrogenous bases of DNA include:
1) purines
— adenine and guanine
2) pyrimidines
—cytosine and thymine
deoxyribonucleic acid molecules (Figure 3.1.4). We inherit these molecules, by way of eggs and sperm, from our parents and pass these molecules on to our children. Structure of RNA
The structure of ribonucleic acid (RNA) differs from deoxyribonucleic acid in several ways. 1) Each molecule of ribonucleic acid is composed of one strand of nucleotides (unlike the two strands of deoxyribonucleic acid). 2) The nucleotides of RNA each contain the 5-
carbon sugar, ribose instead of deoxyribose as in DNA. 3) The nitrogenous bases adenine, cytosine, guanine, and uracil
(instead of thymine) are present in ribonucleic acid. Figure 3.1. (1) Nitrogenous bases found in DNA; (2) make-up of nucleotides; (3)
bonding between strands of DNA molecule; (4) DNA double helix.
RNA differs from DNA is
three important ways
Figure 3.1. (1) Nitrogenous
bases found in DNA; (2)
make-up of nucleotides; (3)
bonding between strands
of DNA molecule; (4) DNA
double helix.
RNA differs from DNA is
three important ways
There are three types of ribonucleic acid (RNA) are present in most cells. One type is messenger RNA (mRNA)
. This molecule copies the information in a section of deoxyribonucleic acid. The messenger RNA then moves out of the nucleus to the cell ribosomes where proteins are constructed. Messenger RNA serves as a “recipe” for the construction of protein molecules. A second type of ribonucleic is called transfer RNA (tRNA)
. These molecules deliver amino acids to the ribosome for the construction of proteins. The third type of ribonucleic acid is called ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
.
Activity 3.1: DNA extraction from wheat germ cells
1. Pour 10 ml of 95% ethanol into one test tube and place the tube in an
ice bath. 2. Your instructor has already added l ml dry raw wheat germ and 4ml of water to another test tube to form a wheat germ suspension.
3. Add l ml (1 dropper-full) of 10% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)
to the test tube with the wheat germ suspension and rotate the suspension gently. Continue gently rotating for 5 minutes. SDS lyses (breaks apart and destroys) the wheat germ cell membranes as well as their nuclear envelopes; this frees the chromosomes and allows them to enter the surrounding solution from which we can retrieve the DNA portion of the
chromosomes. 4. Add l ml (1 dropper-full) of 3% papain
solution to the test tube with the wheat germ suspension and gently rotate the suspension for 2 minutes. Papain is a protease
(protein digesting enzyme) that digests, at least partially, the histone proteins that associate with the DNA. 5. Place the test tube with the wheat germ suspension in a hot water bath at 65-72° C for 20 minutes. Note: this temperature will denature the DNAase enzymes that were also released from the lysed cells; however, it will not alter the structure of the DNA molecules. 6. At the end of 20 minutes, remove the tube from the hot water bath and cool the tube to room temperature. 7. Once the test tube is cool, add 5 ml of cold 95% ethyl alcohol from the other test tube by pouring it gently
down the inside of the test tube with the wheat germ suspension as demonstrated by your instructor. Types of RNA
Messenger RNA (mRNA)
Transfer RNA (tRNA)
Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
SDS is a detergent that solubilizes the cell membrane
Papain is a protease to break down histones and other proteins
Heating denatures DNAase
enzymes
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1. Fill in the table with the characteristics of DNA and RNA.
Function
Which four bases
will you find?
double stranded or
single stranded
Sugar found in the
molecule
DNA
2. What are the three parts of a nucleotide?
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Question Guide:
1. Name and write the structures of the purine and pyrimidine bases present in DNA.
Purine
Рyrimidine
Structures:
Purine
Pyrimidine
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H2N
1.) Look carefully at this nucleotide:
N:
N-
Но-Р-О
OH
a.) Number the carbons in the sugar group. (Remember the "prime" symbols.)
b.) Is this a purine or a pyrimidine? How do you know?
c.) Would this nucleotide be used for DNA or RNA? How do you know? (Be specific.)
d.) Is this nucleotide ready to be used for DNA replication or RNA transcription? Why/why not?
e.) If this nucleotide were incorporated into a growing DNA or RNA strand, where would the
next added nucleotide be attached to this one?
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bio 2 from Lab Manual 4 TH edition Leboffe and Pierce
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Exercise 2
The DNA is a very long molecule which is composed of two complementary banks binding to
each other by hydrogen bonds. Two pairs of nitrogenous bases make these hydrogen bonds, the
first pair is composed of guanine and cytosine, the second pairs is composed of the thymine and
the adenine. The RNA is another nucleic acid which is usually composed of a simple bank
molecule; it is shorter and has instead of the thymine, a nitrogenous base Uracil. The nucleic acid
can be separate DNA by the centrifugation based on the density of the molecules which is higher
in DNA after this RNA of separation is subjected to another method of separation which indicates
the presence in the cell of three kinds of RNA.
a- Compare basing on the text the DNA and the RNA.
b- In your opinion, which of the molecules of DNA and RNA has more raised density? justify.
Second letter
A
UUU
Uuc)
UUA)
UUG Leu
CUU
UCU
UGU
UAU)
UAC Ty
UAA Stop
UAG Stop
Phe
UGC Cys
UGA Stop
UCC
UCA
UCG
UGG Trp
G
CCU
CAU)
CAC His…
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Course Code: BIO-121
Chapter 3: Molecules of Life
Course Name: Principles Of Biology-1
3.
(i) Name the three components found in a nucleotide.
(ii)
State the differences between a DNA nucleotide and an RNA nucleotide.
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Ref
Reflection Questions: Look at the class model to help you answer these questions.
1. DNA is which macromolecule?
2. What is the monomer of this macromolecule?
3. What are the three parts of this monomer?
4. Name the different types of this monomer that make up
5. What is the same about the different molecules you listed in #4? What makes them different?
6. What types of bonds hold the DNA model together that we made? List them, what they hold together,
and if they are strong or weak.
7. What patterns do you see in the DNA molecule?
DNA.
8. If we had done this same model but made RNA, what would have been the same? In what ways would
the model need to be different to reflect the structure of RNA?
we
had
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BIOMOLECULES
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Topic: Nucleic Acids (DNA)
Explain “the two strands are antiparallel”.
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Practice test
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DNA Stability/Chapter 4
A solution of DNA contains two different DNA molecules. Molecule 1 is 500 base pairs and contains 100 A’s. Molecule 2 is 500 base pairs and contains 300 A’s.
(1) How many AT base pairs and GC base pairs is in each DNA molecule?
(2) How many, G’s, A’s, T’s and C’s are in each molecule?
(3) Draw one figure that shows the relative melting temperature of the two DNA molecules.
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BiochemistryChapter : Nucleotide metabolism
a. Explain the difference between purines and pyrimidines!b. Describe the reaction of purine nucleotide synthesis!c. Explain the pyrimidine nucleotide synthesis reaction!
Please write the answer on paper using handwriting, thanks
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Part II: Information Transfer
Background Information - Key Points
The background information provided for this lab has given you a general overview of some of 24
the key terms and definitions necessary to understand the transfer of information from gene to
protein. The information included below will help you work through the specific problems
included in your Tutorial 4 Assignment. When working on the problems remember the base mu to
pairing rules (Table 3).
Table 3: Rules for nucleotide base pairing.
cytosine (C) - guanine (G)
adenine (A)- thymine (T)
DNA
RNA
For Transcription:
●
●
●
●
cytosine (C) - guanine (G)
adenine (A)- uracil (U)
Initiation is determined by the
recognition of the promoter
sequence in the DNA by the RNA
polymerase.
Stef
The transcription start site is
downstream of the promoter and is
designated as the +1 site.
Aspartic acid
Alanina
Valine
Arginine
Serine
Lysine
Asparagine
Glutamic
TEOPO|0C|AGUCAG|UC|AG/DCAG/3G/
CAGUC
UGU
A C
A
Threonine
G
Methionine
Isoleucine…
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name and identify
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Unit 4: Genetics
Investigating the Building Blocks of DNA
HANDOUT
4.1
Erwin Chargaff, an Austrian biochemist, had read the famous
1944 paper by Oswald Avery and his colleagues at Rockefeller
University that demonstrated that hereditary units, or genes,
are composed of DNA. This paper had a profound impact on
Chargaff, inspiring him to launch a research program that
revolved around the chemistry of nucleic acids. Of Avery's work,
Chargaff wrote the following:
"This discovery, almost abruptly, appeared to foreshadow a
chemistry of heredity and, moreover, made probable the nucleic
acid character of the gene. ... Avery gave us the first text of a new
language, or rather he showed us where to look for it. I resolved to
search for this text."
As his first step in this search, Chargaff set out to see whether
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developing a new paper chromatography method for separating
and identifying small amounts of organic material, Chargaff…
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Question: Which base (A, C, T or G) corresponds to X in the unknown?
I did the experiment, got the data below, and calculated the binding constants. But I am TOTALLY lost as to how to figure this out! I don't even know what steps I would take.
Base pairs
Data – all had
Temp = 250C PH = 7
Binding Constant
A & X
[A] = 0.00373221M
[X] = 0.00373221M
[AX] = 0.0462678M
3.322
C & X
[C] = 0.0469007M
[X] = 0.0469007M
[CX] = 0.00309935M
1.409
T & X
[T] = 0.0452279M
[X] = 0.0452279M
[TX] = 0.00477212M
2.333
G & X
[G] = 0.0469554M
[X] = 0.0469554M
[GX] = 0.00304456M
2.633
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ACTIVITY 2: Protein Synthesis
1
2.
4.
DNA:
5.
3' A G C C GTA GA ATT
3. Carefully indicate the codons present in the mRNA strand from question 2.
5'
Using this strand of DNA as a template, DRAW A PICTURE of the complete DNA molecule. Include
ALL parts of the DNA molecule. You do not need to draw your molecule with atomic accuracy.
Now draw a complete picture of the mRNA strand that will be made from this DNA. Label
the 5' and 3' ends of your mRNA strand. (Use the given DNA strand at the top of this page
as your template...)
Draw a COMPLETE picture of all the tRNA molecules that will match up with the codons from
the previous question. Include ALL APPROPRIATE amino acids in your picture, and do not mix
up their order!
Draw a picture of the completed protein coded for by this strand of DNA (abbreviations are
fine). Show the amino acids in the same order they would be observed in the finished
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- 5'
3' - AAG ACC CT T
T
5'- TT CT G G G A A A A
ACT A AGT
T GA T T C A
- 3'
b. If the C at the 5th DNA base (3'5' strand) was deleted, what is mutated mRNA and the resulting
amino acid sequence?
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C. Do the chains run the same way?
d. How are the chains connected?
e. Which bases bond to each other?
f. What kinds of bonds hold the chain together?
3. What are the main differences between RNA and DNA?
4. Distinguish between the structure of pyrimidines and purines. Explain why adenine
bonds only to thymine.
5. Name the five nitrogenous bases in the table below, and put an X in the correct column
for each base. Then indicate if the base if found in DNA (D), RNA (R), or both (B)
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dna_str = 'agctttcattctgac'
Can be broken into codons in the following three ways:
agc ttt cat tct gac a gct ttc att ctg ac ag ctt tca ttc tga c
# reading frame 0 # reading frame 1 # reading frame 2
Notice that in these lines, we start reading codons at string indexes 0, 1 and 2. The three different start indices are known as reading frames, and are called reading frame 0, reading frame 1 and reading frame 2, respectively. It is not always clear which of these frames will be read by genetic transcription mechanisms, so it is often useful to be able to be flexible and consider any of them when working with DNA strands.
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