8b)DNA replication Summary_9744_2018

Genetics and Inheritance (9744) DNA & Genomics (DNA replication) 2018 Prepared by: Mrs Selvamani Nair Raffles Institution (Yr 5-6) 4 DNA REPLICATION 1. Before DNA replication, free deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates are manufactured in the cytoplasm and transported into the nucleoplasm via nuclear pores. 2. DNA replication occurs at S phase of interphase. UNZIPPING OF PARENTAL STRAND 3. Replication begins at specific points of the DNA molecule each of which is known as an origin of replication (ori ). 4. Helicase binds to origin of replication. It disrupts hydrogen bonds between complementary base pairs, causing parental strands to unzip and separate. 5. Single-strand binding proteins keep the strands apart so that they can serve as templates for the synthesis of new strands. 6. Topoisomerase relieves “overwinding” strain ahead of replication forks by breaking, swiveling and rejoining DNA strands. ADDITION OF PRIMER 7. RNA primer is added to each template (parental) strand by the enzyme primase. 8. RNA primer provides a free 3’ OH end for DNA polymerase to recogni se and start DNA synthesis of the complementary daughter strand. 9. DNA polymerase can only add deoxyribonucleotides (DNA nucleotides) to a pre-existing 3’OH end of a nucleotide. SYNTHESIS OF DAUGHTER STRANDS 10. DNA polymerase uses the parental strand as a template and aligns the free activated deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs) in a sequence complementary to that of the parental strand. 11. Adenine base pairs with Thymine and vice versa. Guanine base pairs with Cytosine and vice versa. 12. DNA polyme rase catalyses the formation of phosphodiester bonds between adjacent daughter DNA nucleotides of the newly synthesised strand. 13. Removal of the pyrophosphate (PPi) from the deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) and the subsequent hydrolysis of PPi prov ides the energy to dr ive the polymerization reaction. 14. As DNA polymerase moves along the template, it proof reads the previous region for proper base pairing. Any incorrect deoxyribonucleotide is removed and replaced by the correct one. 15. The leading strand is synthesized continuously in the 5’ to 3’ direction. 16. The lagging strand is synthesized discontinuously. Its synthesis is s imilar to leading strand, except that the lagging strand is synthesised in fragments known as Okazaki fragments. Each fragment is initiated by an RNA primer before t