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Explore the building blocks of genetic material, nucleic acids, and their components. Learn about nucleotides, DNA vs. RNA, base pairing, and structural features, including DNA double helix. Discover how to view protein structures using software tools.
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What are nucleic acids? • Building blocks of genetic material that a cell uses to direct cellular functions and heredity • 3 Components: Sugar Moiety Ribose (in RNA) Deoxyribose (in DNA)
Ring Numbering in Ribose 5’ 4’ 1’ DNA lacks the2’-OH group 3’ 2’
What are nucleic acids? • Building blocks of genetic material that a cell uses to direct cellular functions and heredity • 3 Components: Phosphate Moiety Phosphate Group Phosphoric Acid
What are nucleic acids? • Building blocks of genetic material that a cell uses to direct cellular functions and heredity • 3 Components: 5 Nitrogenous Bases Guanine G PURINES Adenine A
What are nucleic acids? • Building blocks of genetic material that a cell uses to direct cellular functions and heredity • 3 Components: 5 Nitrogenous Bases Cytosine C Thymine T Uracil U PYRIMIDINES
Ring Numbering in Bases Adenine A 6 7 5 1 8 2 4 9 3
Ring Numbering in Bases Cytosine C 4 5 3 2 6 1
Nomenclature Base Nucleoside Nucleotide Adenine Adenosine Adenosine A Monophosphate Guanine Guanosine Guanosine G Monophosphate Etc. Study Table 3-1 for more details…
Base Pairing Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Hydrogen
Base Pairing Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Hydrogen
How Does RNA Differ from DNA? • Ribose vs. Deoxyribose • Bases and Base Pairing • T in DNA vs. U in RNA • A-T in DNA vs. A-U in RNA • 3D Structure • Role
Protein Data Bank http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/home/home.do
Protein Data Bank • Download PDB file to Desktop • Use Freeware to View Contents • RasMol • PyMol • Swiss PDB Viewer • Protein Explorer
Software for Viewing Structures • Rasmol • http://www.rasmol.org • Pymol • http://pymol.sourceforge.net • SwissPDB Viewer • http://www.expasy.ch/spdbv/ • Protein Explorer • http://www.umass.edu/microbio/chime/pe_beta/pe/protexpl/frntdoo2.htm
DNA Structural Features • Handedness • Anti-parallel strands • Major and minor grooves
DNA has incredible flexibility! Catabolite-ActivatorProtein (CAP) + DNA Yale (1991)
DNA has incredible flexibility! DNA Octahedron Ned SeemanNYU International Society for Nanoscale Science, Computation, and Engineering
More on Friday… • Limitations to DNA Flexibility • Supercoiling and Topoisomerases • RNA Structure • Nucleic Acid Function • Recombinant DNA Technology • Potentially PRS questions…