Lectures Compressed
Lectures Compressed
OF MACROMOLECULES
Polymer principles
And
Macromolecules
A)- Carbohydrates
Monosaccharides
(Classifications of Monosaccharides: Types and examples).
Disaccharides
a) - Carbohydrates,
b) - Lipids,
c) - Proteins,
d) - Nucleic acids (will be studied later: lectures 19 & 20 and 21)
Monomers are connected by covalent
bonds through a dehydration
reaction اعل زع ال اء.
One monomer provides a hydroxyl
group and the other provides a
hydrogen to form water.
This process requires energy and is
aided by enzymes.
1. Monosaccharides:
are the simplest form of carbohydrates (simple sugars).
contain a single sugar molecule.
2. Disaccharides:
contain two monosaccharides joined via dehydration
synthesis
3. Polysaccharides:
are polymers of many monosaccharides.
H O H O
C C
H C OH H C OH
OH C H OH C H
H C OH OH C H
Asymmetric C
Asymmetric C H C OH H C OH
H C OH H C OH
H H
An OH group is attached to each carbon except one, which is double bonded to an oxygen (carbonyl).
Fructose
Triose Sugar Pentose Sugar Hexose Sugar
C6H12O6
H
H OH
H O C Ketone sugar
H O
C C O
C
H C OH OH C H
H C OH
H C OH H C OH
H C OH
H
H C OH
H C OH
Glyceraldehyde H C OH
H C OH
H Ribose
H
Aldoses: are the monosaccharides with the carbonyl group
(C=O) at the end of Carbon chain (e.g. Glucose).
The covalent bond formed between Glucose & Fructose is called “glycosidic linkage”.
They consist of few hundreds to few thousands
of monosaccharides joined by a dehydration
reaction.
12
A storage polysaccharide of plants (within plastids).
It consists of thousands of glucose molecules.
Thus, it gives glucose when hydrolysed إ ا ا اءby special enzymes in humans. .
13
II- Glycogen (in animals) ﭽـ ال ل
Humans cannot digest it, but some bacteria and protozoa can (e.g.
in Termites and Cows stomach).
II- Chitin ال
It is the building material of the cuticle ا ُ ـ َ دin insects.
It is consisted of thousands of glucose molecules
with a N atom at one end.
It is used to manufacture the surgical threads.
(Glucose) (Sucrose)
3)Lipids
The functions of lipids.
The structure of fat molecule.
The types of fats.
3
Proteins are polymers of amino acids (constructed from 20 amino
acids).
H H O
General Formula
of the Amino Acid: N C C
H OH Carboxyl
Amino
group
R group
Dehydration
Peptide bond
زع ا اء
Summary Proteins
Polypeptides
H
In a fat, three fatty acids are joined to a single glycerol by an ester
linkage, را إ رcreating a triacylglycerol.
Thus, the fat molecule is constructed from two kinds of smaller
molecules: glycerol and fatty acids (so, it is not a true polymer)
12
The Fatty acid components are saturated when there is no double bond
between the carbons. All Carbn are linked with Hydrogen .
The Fatty acid components are saturated (i.e. there is no double bonds between
the carbons (all C are linked with H).
They have only single C-C bonds in their fatty acids.
They solid at room temp
Include most animal fats
14
Fats Phospholipids Steroids Waxes
The major component Sex Hormones
of the cell membrane & Cholesterol
Saturated Unsaturated
Hydrogenation
َـد َْر ـَــــــــة
2
Copyright © 2002 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings
• Describe why viruses are not considered living
organisms.
• Describe the basic structure of viruses.
A virus consists of a nucleic acid surrounded by a
protein coat.
• Viral Genomes.
• Capsids and Envelopes.
• Viruses replicate only in host cells.
• Replicative Cycles of Phages.
The Lytic Cycle.
The Lysogenic Cycle.
• Compare the lytic and lysogenic cycles of virus
replication.
• At the boundary of life, between the macromolecules (which are not
alive) and the prokaryotic cells (which are alive), lie the viruses and
bacteriophages (phages).
• These creatures are parasites responsible for causing many diseases
in living things (HIV in humans, as an example).
• Viruses are found everywhere.
• Viruses consist of a core of nucleic acid, either DNA or RNA, and a
protective coat of protein molecules and sometimes lipids.
• Viruses show none of the expected signs of life.
• Viruses do not respond to stimuli, do not grow, do not do any of the
things we normally associate with life.
• Viruses are not considered "living" organisms. However, they do show
one of the most important signs of life: the ability to reproduce in a
host cell.
4- A virus is a genome
ا ض ووenclosed in a
Genome (DNA/RNA)
Membranous envelop
(viral envelope)
8
Viral genomes may consist of:
- double-stranded DNA (dsDNA),
- single-stranded DNA (ssDNA),
- double-stranded RNA (dsRNA),
- single-stranded RNA (ssRNA).
depending on the specific type of a
virus.
Capsid
4- The new viral DNA and proteins Proteins
assemble to form new viruses
• A viral infection begins when
the genome of the virus enters
the host cell.
11
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS
(Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome) is a retrovirus.
12
Video: plays in LMS
Source: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0072437316/120060/ravenanimation.html
• Viruses that infect bacteria,
are called bacteriophages or
phages.
Virus
Bacteria
16
The phage genome replicates without Temperate
destroying the host cell. virus
ـ ــروس
ر ت
• Temperate phages, like phage lambda ()ג,
may use both lytic and lysogenic cycles.
&
20
Most viruses of eukaryotes attack specific tissues. eg. Human cold viruses
infect only the cells lining the upper respiratory tract, and AIDS virus binds
only to certain white blood cells (Immune system).
- DNA enclosed in a protein coat (sometimes, membranous envelope also)
- Can be crystallised تالور
- They lack ت دenzymes for metabolism
- Have no ribosomes for making their own proteins
- Reproduce only within a living host cell (obligate parasitism )تط ل إ اار.
- Each type of a virus infects a limited range of host cells (host range ) د ا صااة
Types of cells.
3
The first person to see
cells was Robert Hooke in
1665.
He was looking at a thin slice
of cork through a microscope
He found what he described as
"tiny rooms" that he called
cells
A)- Prokaryota
Contains 2 Kingdoms:
1. Archaea,
2. Bacteria (Eubacteria),
B)- Eukaryota
Contains 4 Kingdoms:
1. Fungi
2. Protista
3. Plantae
4. Animalia
All cells are surrounded by a plasma membrane اء ب ز .
All cells contain chromosomes which have genes in the form of DNA.
All cells have tiny organelles رة ات called “Ribosomes” that
make proteins.
1. Eukaryotes have a nucleus, while prokaryotes do not.
2. Eukaryotes have membrane-bound organelles, while prokaryotes do
not.
3. Eukaryotic cells are, on average, ten times the size of prokaryotic cells.
4. The DNA of eukaryotes is much more complex and therefore much
more extensive than the DNA of prokaryotes.
5. Prokaryotes have a cell wall composed of peptidoglycan. Many types of
eukaryotic cells also have cell walls, but none made of peptidoglycan.
6. The DNA of prokaryotes floats freely inside the cell; the DNA of
eukaryotes is held within its nucleus and associated with histones
(proteins)
7. Eukaryotes undergo mitosis and meiosis; prokaryotes divide by binary
fission (simple cell division)
10
Prokaryotes Eukaryotes
Nucleus
Endoplasmic reticulum
Plasma membrane Golgi apparatus
Ribosomes Lysosomes
Cytosol Vacuoles
Cell wall Mitochondria
Cytoskeleton
What are Prokaryotes?
Prokaryotes are single-celled (Unicellular)
organisms that do not have a membrane-bound true
nucleus, and can live in nearly every environment on
earth.
Shapes of bacteria.
Reproduction of bacteria.
ا داب
اة ب
ا ر ب ز ات
اء ب ز
ا دار ا
ة ا ب
اط ا
Plasma Cell Wall Capsule
membrane
a carbon source.
Photoautotrophs (ة )ذات ة ا ت ذ ة ا:
use light energy as an energy source, and CO2 as a carbon source to
synthesize ( )تorganic compounds.
Plants have
• Cell wall – provides strength & rigidity and is
not found in animal cells.
• Have chloroplasts that is photosynthetic and
are not found in animal cells.
Animals have
• Lysosomes, centrioles and flagella are not
found in plants.
• Centrioles have important role in cell division.
• The nucleus contains most of the genes in an eukaryotic cell as it is
the repository for genetic material.
• Types of Ribosomes:-
1) Free ribosomes are suspended in the cytosol and synthesize
proteins that function within the cytosol.
2) Bound ribosomes are attached to the outside of the endoplasmic
reticulum.
These synthesize proteins that are either included into
membranes or for secretion outside the cell.
17
Copyright © 2002 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings
3)- The Endomembrane System
a. The endoplasmic reticulum (ER)
Smooth ER.
Rough ER .
b. Golgi apparatus.
c. Lysosomes.
d. Vacuoles.
Centrosome
Cell Movement
In cilia and flagella motor
proteins pull components
of the cytoskeleton past
each other سب.
This is also true in muscle
cells.
Motor proteins are a class of molecular motors that are able to move along the
surface of a suitable substrate. They are powered by the hydrolysis of ATP and
convert chemical energy into mechanical work.
Transport
vesicle
Microtubule
Interactions of motor proteins and the cytoskeleton circulates
materials within the cell.
Motor
Protein P
Energy
Centrosome
In animal cells, the centrosome has a pair of centrioles, each
with 9 triplets of microtubules ا ب بات ات ( تس9 + 0 pattern)
arranged in a ring ُ ر ب دا ر ا.
12
Microtubules are the central structural supporting both
cilia ا دابand flagella ا س اط.
Both can move unicellular and small multicellular organisms by
propelling دwater outside the organism.
14
Video: Plays in LMS
15
flagellum
16
Video: Plays in LMS
17
Both cilia and flagella have the
same ultrastructure ا ر ب ا د.
1
http://www.northland.cc.mn.us/biology/biology1111/animations/flagellum.html
The plasma
membrane
functions as a
selective barrier
ا ز إ ت ارthat
allows passage
of oxygen,
nutrients, and
wastes for the
whole volume of
the cell.
20
Composed of a kind of lipids
(phospholipids) and proteins
Lipid layer contains hydrophilic
and hydrophobic regions
Hydrophilic اء ُ ب
Phospholipid
Proteins
Comparison between
Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
To work properly
with permeability,
membrane must be
fluid about as fluid
as oil.
B)- The plasma membrane has a unique
collection of proteins.
Peripheral Hydrophobic
proteins region
Aquaporins (channel proteins): are transport proteins that
function by having a hydrophilic channel that facilitate the
passage of water molecules through the membrane in
certain cells. Without aquaporins, only a tiny fraction of water
molecules would pass through the cell membrane.
O2
Selective Permeability
Is the tendency إست دادof molecules of any substance to spread out تشار in the
available space randomly ش ا ا.
• For example, a permeable membrane شاء ذseparating a solution with sugar
molecules from pure water, sugar molecules will cross the barrier randomly.
• The sugar molecules will cross the membrane until both solutions have equal
concentrations of the sugar (dynamic equilibrium )ا ت اد ا د ا.
Lump of sugar
Dynamic equilibrium
• Osmosis:
Is a passive transport in which water
diffuses across a selectively permeable
membrane from the hypotonic solution
to the hypertonic solution until the
solutions become isotonic.
Osmosis Isotonic Osmosis
Selectively
permeable
membrane
Biological
Membrane
H2O
Hypertonic Hypotonic
• The cell in a hypertonic environment
will loose water, shrivel ت ش, and
die.
• A cell in a hypotonic solution will
gain تس بwater, swell, and burst.
• Nothing will happen for a cell in an
isotonic solution
Organisms without rigid walls have
osmotic problems in either a
hypertonic or hypotonic environment
and must have adaptations for
osmoregulation to maintain اظ
their internal environment.
4
Copyright © 2002 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings
• The sodium-potassium pump
actively maintains the gradient
of sodium (Na+) and potassium
ions (K+) across the membrane.
Na
– The animal cell has higher
Na Protein
concentrations of K+ and lower
Na molecule
concentrations of Na+ inside Na
the cell.
– The sodium-potassium pump
(T. protein) uses the energy of
one ATP to pump 3 Na+ ions
out and 2 K+ ions in.
1ATP T. protein ATP
Low conc. High conc.
+ 2 + Cellular
of K of K membrane
High conc. Low conc.
of Na
+ 3 of Na+
6
7
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0072437316/120060/ravenanimation.html
Two roles of
membrane protein
2- Endocytosis ا د ا ا:
A cell brings in macromolecules and particulate matter by forming
new vesicles from the plasma membrane and include the
following:
A)- Phagocytosis ا ت ع ا:
• Called “cellular eating”. The cell engulfs تـَ ْ َعa particle by extending pseudopodia أ دا اذ
around it and packaging it تـ ُ اin a large vacuole.
• The contents of the vacuole are digested when the vacuole fuses with a lysosome.
10
11
Transport of large molecules (macromolecules)
It Is called (Selective eating) which is very specific in what substances are being
transported.
• It is triggered تـُستـَحثwhen extracellular substances bind to special receptors
ُ ست ـِ ت ا, on the membrane surface. This triggers the formation of a vesicle
• It enables a cell to take large quantities of specific materials that may be in low
concentrations in the environment.
14
Source: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/olc/dl/120068/bio02.swf
(Solute molecules) (Solvent molecules) (T. protein) (T. protein) (Membrane)
Exocytosis Endocytosis
1
1438-1439H
Objectives
• Enzymes speed up metabolic reactions by lowering energy barriers.
– Enzymes and Activation Energy.
– Enzymes are substrate specific.
– The active site is an enzyme’s catalytic center.
– Catalytic Cycle of Enzyme.
• Cellular factors affecting enzyme activity:
– Temperature
– pH.
– Cofactors.
• Enzyme inhibitors
– Competitive inhibition.
– Non-competitive inhibition.
– Some benefits of enzyme inhibitors
AN INTRODUCTION
TO METABOLISM
Enzymes
1. Enzymes speed up metabolic reactions by lowering energy barriers.
2. Enzymes are substrate specific.
3. The ac i e i e i a e e ca al ic ce e .
4. A cell h ical a d che ical e i e affec e e ac i i .
ENZYMES:
A protein with catalytic
properties due to its power
of specific activation
3
Pages 96 - 103
Hydrolysis of sucrose (table sugar)
Dehydration
Glucose + Fructose Sucrose
Hydration (H2O)
Glucose + Fructose
Sucrase
Hydrolysis of sucrose in the presence of Sucrase results
in its two monosaccharide components.
Sucrase
Enzymes and Activation Energy
Activation Energy:
It is the minimum amount of energy needed to start a reaction. It is
the amount of energy needed for the reaction (between enzyme & substrate)
to complete (to break the bonds).
Raising the temperature for these reactions to complete will either
denature the compounds or kill the cell.
Thus, organisms must therefore use a catalyst ز ا.
Catalyst:
It is a chemical agent that accelerate the reaction without being
consumed by the reaction.
7
Enzymes are substrate specific
• The substrate ا ا ادة ا ط بis a reactant which binds to an enzyme.
• When a substrate binds to an enzyme, the enzyme catalyzes the
conversion تof the substrate to the product ات ا ا ب ا ة.
Sucrase (catalyst) is an enzyme that binds to sucrose (substrate) and
breaks the disaccharide into fructose and glucose (products).
Enzyme (a catalyst)
Substrate Product (s)
Sucrase
Sucrose + H2O Glucose + Fructose
Sucrose Sucrase
Glucose
Fructose
H2O
Catalytic Cycle of Enzyme
3. Cofactors : ا ا ا ا دة
A non-protein helpers for catalytic activity of enzymes. They bind
permanently دا اto the enzyme and include two types:-
a)- Inorganic cofactors, include zinc, iron, and copper.
b)- Organic cofactors, include vitamins or molecules derived
from vitamins.(coenzymes)
B)- Enzyme inhibitors: ُ ـ ِّـبطات ا ز ات
• Non-competitive inhibition: ت ب ط ت ا
the inhibitor binds somewhere other
than the active site, resulting in
changing enzyme shape. Finally,
16
deactivate ـ ُ دthe active site
Some benefits of enzyme inhibitors
18
Thank you
19
2
Copyright © 2002 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings
The Control of Metabolism.
Example:
The production of Isoleucine
from Thereonine by
Thereonine deaminase:-
2- Cooperativity.
Stabilizes favorable conformational changes at all other subunits to
make the enzyme more efficient.
9
2
Copyright © 2002 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings
The Principles of Energy Harvest.
Cellular Activities
– Thus, it can diffuse to any part of the cell and release energy.
P P P
+ H2O
Triphosphate
Energy P P P
Adenosine Di-Phosphate
P P P
Organelle
Motor P
Protein
Energy
The transfer of the terminal phosphate group from ATP to
another molecule is phosphorylation ـَ ْـ ـَرة.
Oxidation Reduction
(Reducing agent) (Oxidizing agent)
Lose electrons Gain electrons
Lose hydrogen Gain hydrogen
Gain oxygen Lose oxygen
+
Xe- + Y X + Y
Oxidation Reduction
(reducing agent) (oxidizing agent)
Na + Cl Na+ + Cl- Energy
Electrons fall from organic molecules to
oxygen during cellular respiration
• In cellular respiration, glucose and other fuel molecules are oxidized, releasing
energy.
e-
C6H12O6 + 6O2 6CO2 + 6H2O + (ATP + Heat)
Reducing Oxidizing Energy = 686 kcal/mol
agent agent Energy
• Cellular respiration does not oxidize glucose in a single step that transfers
all the hydrogen in glucose to oxygen at one time.
• Rather, glucose and other fuels are broken down gradually تدر ج اin a series
of steps, each catalyzed by a specific enzyme.
• At key steps ا ط ات ا ا ة, hydrogen atoms move from glucose and
passed first to the coenzyme NAD+ (Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide).
• Dehydrogenase enzymes strip two hydrogen atoms from the fuel (e.g.,
glucose), pass two electrons to NAD+ and release H+.
• This changes the oxidized form, NAD+, to the reduced form
NADH. Thus, NAD+ is oxidizing agent as it accepts electrons.
– NAD+ functions as the oxidizing agent in many of the redox
steps during the catabolism of glucose.
Dehydrogenase
H-C-OH + NAD+ C=O + NADH + H+
Mitochondrion
NAD+ e e
Food H NADH Transport chain Oxygen
Energy
ATP ADP
1
2
Copyright © 2002 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings
Cellular Respiration: involves three stages:
3. Electron transport chain to synthesis ATP and produces about 90% of ATP
(inner mitochondrial membrane).
4
1- Glycolysis (splitting glucose): harvests chemical
energy by oxidizing glucose to 2-pyruvate molecules
• During glycolysis, glucose (a six carbon-sugar) is split into two molecules (each is
three-carbon sugar).
• These smaller sugars are oxidized and rearranged to form two molecules of pyruvate.
• Each of the 10 steps in glycolysis is catalyzed by a specific enzyme.
• These steps can be divided into two phases:
2)- Thus, Glucose (6-C) splits into two small sugar molecules (each with 3-C).
2 NAD+ 2 NADH + H+
+ CO2 + H2O
CoA
Krebs Cycle
It has eight steps starting with 2 acetyle-
CoA compunds. They are summarized as
shown in the figure: Pre-Krebs
Cycle
• This cycle begins when acetate from each acetyl-
CoA combines with oxaloacetate (4 C atoms) to
form citrate (citric acid).
• Ultimately, the oxaloacetate is recycled and the
acetate is broken down to CO2.
• Each cycle produces one ATP by substrate-level
phosphorylation, three NADH, and one FADH2
(another electron carrier) per acetyl CoA.
2 ATP
6 NADH
Output
2 FADH2
The vast majority of the ATP (90%) comes from the energy in the
electrons carried by NADH and FADH2.
The energy in these electrons is used in the electron transport
chain to power تدATP synthesis.
7
Video: plays in LMS
During respiration, most energy flows from glucose NADH
electron transport chain proton-motive force ATP.
B. Proteins
must be converted into individual amino
acids.
excess amino acids are converted by
enzymes into intermediated of glycolysis
and Krebs cycle.
amino acids go through deamination
(amino groups are removed)
nitrogenous wastes from the amino
groups are released as wastes.
new compounds enter glycolysis or
Krebs.
Some organisms (facultative Proteins and fats, can also enter the
anaerobes ا ا ت ار ا )ا, respiratory pathways, including
including yeast and many bacteria, glycolysis and the Krebs cycle, like
can survive using either carbohydrates.
fermentation or respiration.
At a cellular level, human muscle
cells can behave as facultative
anaerobes, but nerve cells cannot.
1
2
Copyright © 2002 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings
The Key Roles of Cell Division: Introduction
Centromere
• The mitotic (M) phase of the cell cycle alternates تت ادلwith the much longer
interphase ال رح ال.
– The M phase includes mitosis and
cytokinesis ا طار ال.
– Interphase accounts for 90% of the
cell cycle.
• During interphase the cell prepares for
division by producing cytoplasmic
organelles and copying its chromosomes.
A.Interphase has three sub-phases:
1. The G1 phase (“first gap”): cell is carrying out its everyday activities.
2. The S phase (“synthesis”): genetic material replicates itself, which allows
the cell to contain enough material for 2 cells upon division
3. The G2 phase (“second gap”): cellular organelles are produced to allow for
an adequate amount for the new cell being produced.
B. Division phase (M). The cell starts the division process.
The resulting daughter cells may then repeat the cycle again.
Usually includes five sub-phases راحل ر :
Prophase, الت د
Prometaphase, ت ا لا
Metaphase, ا ت ا
Anaphase, ا صال
Telophase. ا تا
• By late interphase (G2), the
chromosomes have been
duplicated تضا تbut are
loosely packed.
12
• Anaphase, ا صالthe centromeres
divide, result in separating the sister
chromatids. Each is then pulled toward
the pole to which it is attached by
spindle fibers. By the end, the two
poles have equivalent collections of
chromosomes.
17
18
Mitosis Cytokinesis
G1 S G2
In humans, each somatic cell (all cells other than sperm or ovum) has
46 chromosomes.
5
• An exception to the rule of homologous chromosomes is found in
the sex chromosomes (X and Y chromosomes).
• The zygote and all cells with two sets of chromosomes are diploid
cells 46 (2n = 46).
• As an organism develops from a zygote to a sexually mature adult,
the zygote’s genes are passes on to all somatic cells by mitosis.
4)- Anaphase I,
the homologous
chromosomes separate
and are pulled toward
opposite poles.
5)- Telophase I, movement of homologous
chromosomes continues until there is a
haploid set at each pole.
– Each chromosome consists of linked sister
chromatids.
• Cytokinesis follows
1) Prophase II, a spindle apparatus forms, attaches to kinetochores of
each sister chromatids, and moves them around.
2)- Metaphase II, the sister chromatids are arranged at the metaphase plate.
3)- Anaphase II, the centromeres of sister chromatids separate and the
separated sister chromatids travel toward opposite poles.
14
4)- Telophase II, separated sister
chromatids arrive at opposite poles.
– Nuclei are formed around the
chromatids.
Recombinant Chromosomes
• Occurs during prophase I.
• The result is a
“backbone of
alternating تباد
phosphates and
sugars, from which
the bases starts.
3 5
Hydrogen bonds
Cytosine Guanine
Nitrogenous bases
(C) (G)
Thymine Adenine
(T) (A)
Uracil (U)
Pyrimidines Purine
5 3
Sugar-phosphate
backbones
• Adenine (A) would
form 2 hydrogen bonds
only with thymine (T)
Deoxiribo-Nucleic-Acid Ribo-Nucleic-Acid
Bases: A, G, C, T Bases: A, G, C, U
• Nucleic acids are polymers of monomers called nucleotides.
• The nitrogen bases (rings of carbon and nitrogen) come in two types:
Purines and Pyrimidines.
• The only difference between the sugars is the lack صof an oxygen
atom on carbon 2 in deoxyribose.
• Polynucleotides are synthesized by connecting the
sugars of one nucleotide to the phosphate of the next
with a phosphodiester link.
– In eukaryotes, DNA is
located in the nucleus,
but most ribosomes are
in the cytoplasm with
mRNA as an
intermediary ط.
• An RNA molecule is a single polynucleotide chain (single strand).
• DNA molecules have two polynucleotide strands (double strand)
that spiral around تد ر ح ز اto form a double helix ح ز زد ج.
• The sugar-phosphate
backbones of the two
polynucleotides are on
the outside of the helix.
• Pairs of nitrogenous
bases (one from each
strand) connect the
polynucleotide chains
with hydrogen bonds.
• Most DNA molecules
have thousands to
millions of base pairs
( ز ج ا اعدbP).
• Because of their shapes, only some bases are compatible ت اwith
each other.
– Adenine (A) always pairs with thymine (T) and guanine (G) with
cytosine (C).
mRNA T
U C G A T
U A G
Copyright © 2002 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings
DNA Replication.
Three different models of DNA replication.
DNA Replication: A Closer Look.
During DNA replication, base pairing enables
existing DNA strands to serve as templates for
new complimentary strands.
4
Copyright © 2002 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings
Semiconservative replication (the most common and accepted by
Watson and Crick). The double helix replicates each of the daughter
molecules and will have one old strand and one newly made strand.
The other two models are the conservative and the dispersive models
5
1. During DNA replication, base pairing إزد اج ا ا دenables
existing DNA strands to serve as templates ا ب/ذج for
new complimentary strands ِّ ُ ا جا ب ا
A human cell can copy its 6 billion base pairs and divide into
daughter cells in only a few hours.
This process is remarkably accurate, with only one error per
billion nucleotides.
T A C T G A C
A G A G
T C T Primer
3 Complementary
5
Polymerase Templates
(leading) strand
Ligase
T A C T G A C
3 5
Lagging strand Okazaki
(complementary) fragments
1
2
ا ـَـــ ْء
3
ا ا
4
16
Fig. 16.15, Page 298
Helicase: untwists the double helix to separate the DNA strands by forming
replication bubbles.
Replication enzymes: separates DNA strands, forming a replication bubble .
Replication bubble: formed at the origin sites of replication as DNA strands
separate, and hence, replication forks formed at each end.
Replication site: it is also called origin of replication which is a single specific
sequence of nucleotides that is recognized by the replication enzymes
and at which replication starts.
Primer: is a short piece of RNA (10 nucleotide long) which is synthesised
by primase and used to initiate the leading strands of the new DNA.
DNA-polymerase: builds up the new DNA strand by adding nucleotides to
the primer (from 5 to 3 end).
Leading strand: the elongation strand (5 3 into the fork) that initiate the
new DNA after recognizing the sequence of the primer by special proteins.
Lagging strand: Is the other parental strand (5 3 into the fork), is copied
away from the fork in short segments (Okazaki fragments).
Okazaki fragments: the newly formed segments (5 3 , away from the fork)
then, form the lagging strand when connected by ligase towards the fork.
DNA-ligase: joins the Okazaki fragments of the newly formed bases to form
the new lagging DNA strand.
Copyright © 2002 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings
• Types of RNAs.
• mRNA transcription and translation are the two main
processes that link gene to protein.
• Transcription is the DNA-directed synthesis of mRNA:
– Synthesis of mRNA Transcript.
• RNA Polymerase Binding and Initiation of Transcription.
• Elongation of the mRNA Strand.
• Termination of Transcription
• The genetic codes (nucleotide triplets) specify the
amino acids.
• Eukaryotic cells modify mRNA after transcription.
Copyright © 2002 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings
RNA transcription إ خand translation تر ةare the two
main processes that link gene to protein
Transcription Translation
DNA mRNA Protein
8
• Triplets ة ات of nucleotide bases are the smallest units that can code
for all amino acids.
• In the triplet code three consecutive تتالbases specify تحددan amino acid.
• The genetic instructions for a polypeptide
chain are written in DNA as a series of
three-nucleotidewords (triplets).
• During transcription, one DNA strand
(the template strand) provides an
mRNA template.
• The complementary mRNA molecule
is synthesized according to
base-pairing rules, except that
uracil is the complementary base
to adenine.
• During translation, blocks
of three nucleotide bases (codons ) رة,
(ة ال ا د ة )ال رة بارةare
decoded ك ال رةinto a sequence تتاب
of amino acids.
• During translation, the codons are
read in the 5’->3’ direction along the
mRNA.
• The codon UUU coded for the amino
acid phenylalanine.
• The codon AUG not only codes for
the amino acid methionine but also
indicates the start of translation.
• A specific codon indicates a specific
corresponding amino acid, but the
amino acid may be the translation of
several possible codons.
• The reading frame and subsequent
codons are read in groups of three
nucleotide bases (codon).
• In summary, genetic information
is encoded as a sequence of
base triplets (codons) which is
translated into a specific amino
acid during protein synthesis.
• mRNA is transcribed خfrom the template strand of a gene.
• RNA polymerase separates the DNA strands at the suitable point and
bonds ربطthe RNA nucleotides as they base-pair along the DNA
template.
• Like DNA polymerases, RNA polymerases can add nucleotides only
to the 3’ end of the growing polymer.
• Specific sequences of nucleotides along the DNA mark where gene
transcription begins and ends.
– RNA polymerase attaches and initiates transcription at the promotor
ال ُ َح ـز, at the beginning of the transcription unit (gene) on the DNA.
– The terminator ط ة ال ا ةends the transcription.
• Bacteria have a single type of RNA polymerase that synthesizes all
RNA molecules.
• In contrast, eukaryotes have three RNA polymerases (I, II, and III) in
their nuclei.
– RNA polymerase II is used for mRNA synthesis.
• Transcription
can be separated
into three stages:
1- initiation ا دء
2- elongation ا ا,
3- termination اء ا.
• The promotor contains
the starting point for
the transcription of a
gene.
• The promotor also
includes a binding site
for RNA polymerase.
• Thus, RNA-
polymerase can
recognize and bind
directly to the
promotor region.
12
• As RNA polymerase moves along the DNA, it untwists the double
helix, 10 to 20 bases at a time.
• Transcription proceeds
until after the RNA
polymerase transcribes
a terminator sequence
in the DNA.
B)- The Processing of mRNA:
Eukaryotic cells modify RNA after transcription
3 5
T A C T G A C
C T C A TRNA UT G
A A CT UG G
A C A C T
C
polumerase
G A G A A T G A C T G T G A
A T G A C T G
Promoter
Ribosome
Protein
Codons (ة )الـ رة الـor triplet code: it is a block of three consecutive تتال
nucleotide bases that specify تحددa particular amino acid.
Start codon: a codon that specifies the start of mRNA translation.
Stop codon: a codon that specifies the end of mRNA translation.
RNA polymerases: RNA transcription enzyme that first separates the DNA
strands at the suitable point then start to add nucleotides to the 3’ end of the
growing RNA polymer until completed.
Transcription unit (the gene): a specific sequences of nucleotides along
the DNA that marks where mRNA transcription begins and ends.
Promotor ال ُ َح ـز: a specific short sequence on DNA at which RNA
polymerase attaches and initiates transcription at the beginning of the
transcription unit.
Terminator ط ة ال ا ة: a specific short sequence on DNA at which mRNA
transcription ends (the end of the gene).
2
• Mutations
Point mutations
1. Base-pair substitution
2. Frame-shift mutation (Insertions and deletions)
• In the process of
translation, a cell sends a
series of codons along a
mRNA molecule.
4
• During translation, each type of
tRNA links the mRNA codon with
the appropriate amino acid.
• Each tRNA arriving at the
ribosome carries a specific
amino acid at one end and has a
specific nucleotide triplet, an
anticodon, at the other end.
• The anticodon base-pairs with a
complementary codon on mRNA.
If the codon on mRNA is
UUU, a tRNA with an AAA
anticodon and carrying
phenyalanine will bind to it.
• Codon by codon, tRNAs
deposit amino acids in the
prescribed order and the
ribosome joins them into a
polypeptide chain.
5
• tRNA molecules: are transcribed
from DNA in the nucleus.
• Once it reaches the cytoplasm,
each tRNA is used repeatedly for
the following functions:-
1) to pick up its relevant amino acid
in the cytosol,
2) to deposit the amino acid at the
ribosome
3) to return to the cytosol to pick up
another copy of that amino acid.
• The anticodons ا رة ا ُ ا ةof some
tRNAs recognize more than one
codon.
Copyright © 2002 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings
• Ribosomes: the protein making machine
8
• Translation occurs in three stages:
1- initiation ا دءof translation
2- elongation ا طا ا اof the polypeptide chain
3- termination ا اof translation
1. Initiation:
brings together mRNA, a tRNA (with the first amino acid) and the two ribosomal
subunits (large & small).
First, a small ribosomal subunit binds with mRNA and a special initiator tRNA, which carries
methionine and attaches to the start codon.
Initiation factors bring in the large subunit such that the initiator tRNA occupies the P site.
Methionine
Guanosine
triphosphate
2. Elongation:
Consists of a series of three step cycles as each amino acid is added to
the proceeding one in 3 steps:-
a) Codon recognition ا رات ا ت رف, an elongation factor assists hydrogen
bonding between the mRNA codon under the A site with the
corresponding anticodon of tRNA carrying the appropriate ا ا بamino
acid [This step requires the hydrolysis of two guanosine triphosphate (GTP)].
b) Peptide bond formation: an rRNA molecule catalyzes the formation of
a peptide bond between the polypeptide in the P site with the new amino
acid in the A site. This step separates
the tRNA at the P site from the
growing polypeptide chain and
transfers the chain, now one
amino acid longer, to the tRNA
at the A site.
c) Translocation ت ر ا اof tRNA:
the ribosome moves the tRNA with
the attached polypeptide from
the A site to the P site.
3. Termination:
Occurs when one of the three stop codons reaches the A site.
• A release factor ا ُ ررbinds to the stop codon and hydrolyzes the bond
between the polypeptide and its tRNA in the P site.
• This frees the polypeptide and the translation complex disassembles ت.
Fig. 17.19
Source: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0072437316/120060/ravenanimation.html
• A ribosome requires less than a minute to translate an average-sized
mRNA into a polypeptide.
• Multiple ribosomes, polyribosomes, may trail along the same mRNA.
• Thus, a single mRNA is used to make many copies of a polypeptide
simultaneously.
1
1) mRNA attaches to a ribosome at the AUG, which is
the start codon. This begins translation.
2) The transfer RNA (tRNA) bonds with the correct
amino acid and becomes “charged. (in the
cytoplasm)
3) The tRNA carries the amino acid to the ribosome.
2
Each tRNA has an anticodon whose bases are
complementary to a codon on the mRNA strand.
The tRNA brings the correct amino acid to the
ribosome.
4) The ribosome moves along the mRNA and adds
more amino acids to the growing polypeptide or
protein
3
Gregor Mendel (the father of
genetics), Czech geneticist 1822
1884.
Gregor Johann Mendel was born
on July 22, 1822, in what is now
Hyncice, Czech Republic. He
entered a monastery in what is
now Brno, Czech Republic, and
performed a famous and
important series of breeding
experiments while at the
monastery. Mendel died on
January 6, 1884, in Brno.
the other of which produced wrinkled seeds ُ َجعدة بذ ر, all
the F1 offspring had round seeds, but among the F2
plants, 75% of the seeds were round and 25% were
wrinkled (see second law in the next lecture).
11
Mendelian inheritance reflects rules of probability for the
behaviour of genes (alleles).
Alleles segregate تbecause of the distribution of homologous
chromosomes to different gametes in meiosis.
For each character, an organism inherit two alleles (one from each
parent).
Red colour
gene (allele)
Homologous
chromosomes
White colour
gene (allele)
If the two alleles differ, one of them will be Dominant, and the other
is Recessive.
P p P p
P p
Dominant
allele Pp Recessive
allele PP Pp Pp pp
100% Purple
3 Purple : 1 White
F1 generation F2 generation 14
Phenotype:
Is the organism s appearance ا طرز ا ظ ر.
(Colour)
Genotype:
Is the organism s genetic makeup
ا طرز ا ـ.
PP ت ا ل ال نات
Homozygous ُ ت ا ل ال نات
An organism with two identical alleles for a character.
Phenotype الطرز ال ظ ر
A description of an organism s traits (feature ) ظ ر.
Genotype الطرز ال ن
A description of an organism s genetic makeup.
Albinism
Multifactorial Disorders.
3
• Mendel s experiments that followed the inheritance of flower color or
other characters focused on only a single character via monohybrid
crosses ا تزا ج أحاد ا صف.
• Mendel crossed true-breeding plants that had yellow & round seeds
(YYRR) with true-breeding plants that has green & wrinkled seeds
(yyrr).
Copyright © 2002 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings
• The two pairs of alleles segregate independently of each other.
The presence of one specific allele for one trait has no impact تأ رon
the presence of a specific allele for the second trait.
Y
YY RR X yy rr
R
YR y r
y
Y y Rr
r
F1 Yellow Round
Yy Rr X Yy Rr
YR Yr yR yr
YR YYRR
Yellow Round
Yr YYrr
Yellow Wrinkled
yR yyRR
Green Round
yr yyrr
Green Wrinkled
F2: % of Phenotype ?
• Thousands of genetic disorders أ راض را, including disabling ا ا
or deadly hereditary diseases ا راض ا را ا ُ ت, are inherited as
simple recessive traits صفات را ُ ت ح.
• These range from the relatively mild Albinism
(albinism ا، )اto life-threatening
(cystic fibrosis).
Heterozygotes have a normal phenotype because
one normal allele produces enough of the
required factors (for the normal trait).
• A recessively inherited disorder
shows up ظ رonly in the individuals who
inherit homozygous recessive allele from parents.
• Thus, individuals who lack the disorder are either
homozgyous dominant or heterozygous.
• Heterozygous member may have no clear phenotypic
effects, but is a carrier who may transmit a recessive allele to their offspring.
• Most people with recessive disorders are born from carrier parents with normal
phenotypes.
Two carriers have a 1/4 chance of having a child with the disorder, 1/2 chance of a carrier,
and 1/4 free.
1. Cystic fibrosis ( ) ا ت ف ا: a lethal recessive disorder
One in 25 people is a carrier.
The normal allele codes for a membrane protein that transports Cl- between
cells and the environment.
If these proteins are absent, there are abnormally high extracellular levels of
chloride that causes the mucus coats of certain cells to become thicker
and stickier زجthan normal.
This mucus build-up in the pancreas, lungs, digestive tract, and elsewhere
favoring bacterial infections.
Without treatment, affected children die before five, but with treatment can live
past their late 20 s. ( رض وراث ت ّح حدث عجز ترّ ع ا دد ارج ةCystic Fibrosis) ات ا
. ا راز ا ثر ص رة رة ع و ا ث رة ا ج
، و دى ذا ا رض ثر ع اج زة حددة،ا رد تعت د ع اعراض ا راد ا صا ا ت ا
وا ت اثر ا ج، وا ض، اج زة ا ت ت اول اثار ا ت ا،ا ع ج
وا صع ات ا تزا دة ع ء ا تصاص ا تا ات وا اد ا ذ،ا عراض ا رى وت ا راض ا رة
. صع ات ع ا ص، ا ج از ا ض و ا ضا ة إ ذ
،ا رة ا ث ث ات ا ع ر و ت ث ر ا صا ا ت ا، جد ع ج ت ا
و ث را ا ن ز ا زرع ا رة
2. Tay-Sachs disease ( ت )ا ه ا: a lethal recessive
disorder.
It is caused by a dysfunctional enzyme ر ا إز
that fails to break down specific brain lipids.
The symptoms begin with seizures ح, blindness,
and degeneration of motor and mental
performance a few months after birth.
Inevitably, the child dies after a few years.
3. Sickle-cell disease ا اد ا ج رض.
It is caused by the substitution of a single amino acid in
hemoglobin.
When oxygen levels in
the blood of an affected
individual are low,
sickle-cell hemoglobin
crystallizes into long
rods.
This deforms red blood
cells into a sickle shape.
Doctors can use regular
blood transfusions to
prevent brain damage
and new drugs to
prevent or treat other
problems.
A. Chromosomal deletions/translocations
Homologous chromatids may break and rejoin at incorrect
places, thus, one chromatid will loose more genes than it
receives.
12
Chapter 12
Summary: Alterations of Chromosome Structure
14
a)- Aneuploidy in autosomes ( ات ا ذات ا ر )ا ت دد
Klinefelter s Turner s
Down trisomy syndrome
syndromes female (XXX)
syndrome (X0)
Females
(XXY) (XYY)
Males
It can also cause human disorders.
Deletions زف, even in a heterozygous state, cause severe physical
and mental problems.
6
II) Steroid hormones:
Penetrate the cell and bind to a receptor protein inside the target cell. This
also will trigger signal transduction pathway (for triggering mRNA
transcription for synthesizing a specific protein).
• Human has 9
endocrine glands.
11
Fig. 45.5, Page 960
The hypothalamus and the pituitary gland,
control the initial release of many hormones
for the endocrine system.
The hypothalamus is the area of the brain
that coordinates many activities of the
nervous and endocrine systems.
The pituitary gland has two parts, anterior
and posterior. It stores and releases
hormones that are produced (synthesized)
by the hypothalamus. Hypothalamus
Adrenocorticotropic
16
It is a small mass of tissue near the center of the mammalian
brain and is involved in biorhythms.
Pineal gland
Pituitary gland
2
Copyright © 2002 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings
3
• The thyroid gland of mammals consists
of two lobes located on the ventral
surface of the trachea. It contains 4
small Parathyroid glands. It plays role in
Thyroid
maintaining normal blood pressure, releasing H.
heart rate and digestion ..etc.
a) Hyperthyroidism:
It is the excessive secretion of thyroid hormones causes:
• high body temperature, sweating, weight loss, Irritability, high blood pressure.
b) Hypothyroidism:
It is an insufficient ل لamount of thyroid hormones because of the
deficiency of I in human diet (causes Goiter).
Infants: cretinism. د ا ة
Adults: weight gain, lethargy ال ل, cold intolerance.
Goiter م ال دة : often is associated with iodine
deficiency ن ص.
5
• PTH is secreted by The four parathyroid glands which are
embedded in the surface of the thyroid gland. It functions as:
– Raises blood Ca2+ levels.
– Secretion is regulated by calcium in the blood.
– Causes osteoclasts ف د ال ال ومto break down bone, releasing Ca2+ into
the blood.
– Stimulates the kidneys to reabsorb د إم صاصCa2+.
– Stimulates kidneys to convert vitamin D to its active form, which
stimulate intestine to absorb Ca2+.
– PTH and calcitonin are antagonistic م اد نhormones. Thus PTH and
calcitonin regulate blood calcium level (important role in homeostasis).
• Hypoparathyroidism (tetany):
It is a lack of PTH which causes:
– Ca2+ levels in the blood drop.
– Convulsive شنcontractions of the 6
skeletal muscles.
• The pancreas has both endocrine and exocrine functions.
– Exocrine function: secretion of bicarbonate ions and digestive
enzymes.
– Endocrine function: insulin and glucagon are secreted by beta and
alpha cells of islets of Langerhans وب ن رانز.
a) Glucocorticoids.
• Raises blood glucose level.
• Secretion is regulated by ACTH (Adrenocorticotropic
hormone).
• Abnormally high doses are administered as medication to
suppress the inflammation response.
b) Ovaries hormones:
1) Estrogens: steroids.
• Stimulate uterine lining growth.
• Promote development and maintenance of female sex
characteristics.
• Secretion is regulated by FSH and LH.
2) Progesterone: steroids.
• Promotes uterine lining growth.
• Secretion is regulated by FSH and LH.
Secretes Thymosin: a peptide.
It stimulates T lymphocytes.