Lecture 15 - DNA technology
Lecture 15 - DNA technology
DNA Technology
Lecture Presentations by
Nicole Tunbridge and
© 2021 Pearson Education Ltd. Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Learning Objectives
Bacterial Plasmid
chromosome
Gene of
Recombinant interest
DNA of
DNA (plasmid) chromosome
2 Plasmid put into
bacterial cell
Recombinant
bacterium
Gene for pest Gene used to alter Protein dissolves Human growth hor-
resistance inserted bacteria for cleaning blood clots in heart mone treats stunted
into plants up toxic waste attack therapy growth
Using Restriction Enzymes to Make Recombinant
DNA
• Bacterial restriction enzymes cut DNA
molecules at specific DNA sequences called
restriction sites
• A restriction enzyme usually makes many cuts,
yielding restriction fragments
DNA 5¢ 3¢
3¢ 5¢
1 Restriction enzyme
cuts sugar-phosphate
backbones.
Sticky end
Fig. 20-3-2
Restriction site
DNA 5¢ 3¢
3¢ 5¢
1 Restriction enzyme
cuts sugar-phosphate
backbones.
Sticky end
DNA 5¢ 3¢
3¢ 5¢
1 Restriction enzyme
cuts sugar-phosphate
backbones.
Sticky end
Genomic DNA 3¢ 5¢
Requirements:
1 Denaturation 5¢ 3¢
• dsDNA, o
(94-98 C)
• heat-resistant DNA pol
• all four nucleotides (in
3¢ 5¢
excess)
• two 15-20 nucleotide 2 Annealing
3 Extension
(70-80 oC)
New (5’à3’)
nucleo-
tides
Cycle 2
yields
4
molecules
Cycle 3
yields 8
molecules;
2 molecules
(in white
boxes)
match target
2n; after 30 cycles: ~1 billion sequence
copies
Fig. 20-8a
Requirements:
• dsDNA,
• heat-resistant DNA pol
• all four nucleotides (in excess)
• two 15-20 nucleotide long ssDNA primers
5¢ 3¢
TECHNIQUE
Target
sequence
Genomic DNA 3¢ 5¢
1 Denaturation 5¢ 3¢
(94-98 oC)
3¢ 5¢
2 Annealing
3 Extension
(70-80 oC)
New (5’à3’)
nucleo-
tides
Fig. 20-8c
Cycle 2
yields
4
molecules
Cycle 3
yields 8
molecules;
2 molecules
(in white
boxes)
match target
sequence
Shortest Longest
Direction
of movement Longest labeled strand
of strands
Detector
Laser
Shortest labeled strand ddNTP:
RESULTS Last base
they terminate DNA
of longest strand elongation
labeled because it lacks 3’-
strand
OH required for a
Last base phosphodiester bond
of shortest
labeled
strand
Application: Diagnosis of Diseases
Values refer to
size of STR