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DNA stands for deoxyribose nucleic acid
This chemical substance is present in the nucleus
of all cells in all living organisms
DNA controls all the chemical changes which
take place in cells
The kind of cell which is formed, (muscle, blood,
nerve etc) is controlled by DNA
The kind of organism which is produced (buttercup,
giraffe, herring, human etc) is controlled by DNA
DNA 2
DNA is a very large molecule made up of a long
chain of sub-units
The sub-units are called nucleotides
Each nucleotide is made up of
a sugar called deoxyribose
a phosphate group -PO4 and
an organic base
DNA molecule 3
Ribose is a sugar, like glucose, but with only five
carbon atoms in its molecule
Deoxyribose is almost the same but lacks one
oxygen atom
Both molecules may be represented by the symbol
Ribose & deoxyribose 4
The most common organic bases are
Adenine (A)
Thymine (T)
Cytosine (C)
Guanine (G)
The bases 5
The deoxyribose, the phosphate and one of the bases
adenine
deoxyribose
PO4
Combine to form a nucleotide
Nucleotides 6
A molecule of
DNA is formed
by millions of
nucleotides
joined together
in a long chain
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
sugar-phosphate
backbone
+ bases
Joined nucleotides 7
In fact, the DNA usually consists of a double
strand of nucleotides
The sugar-phosphate chains are on the outside
and the strands are held together by chemical
bonds between the bases
8
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
2-stranded DNA 9
The bases always pair up in the same way
Adenine forms a bond with Thymine
and Cytosine bonds with Guanine
Bonding 1 10
Adenine Thymine
Cytosine Guanine
PO4
PO4
PO4
thymine
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
adenine
cytosine
PO4
guanine
Bonding 2 11
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
Pairing up 12
The paired strands are coiled into a spiral called
A DOUBLE HELIX
13
sugar-phosphate
chain
bases
THE DOUBLE HELIX
14
A DIY model of
part of a DNA
molecule
15
Before a cell divides, the DNA strands unwind
and separate
Each strand makes a new partner by adding
the appropriate nucleotides
The result is that there are now two double-
stranded DNA molecules in the nucleus
So that when the cell divides, each nucleus
contains identical DNA
This process is called replication
replication 16
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
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PO4
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PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
The strands
separate
17
PO4
PO4
PO4
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Each strand builds up its partner by adding
the appropriate nucleotides
18
The sequence of bases in DNA forms the
Genetic Code
A group of three bases (a triplet) controls
the production of a particular amino acid in
the cytoplasm of the cell
The different amino acids and the order in
which they are joined up determines the
sort of protein being produced
Genetic code 1 19
Ser-Cyst-Val-Gly-Ser-Cyst Ala
Val
Val-Cyst-Ser-Ala-Ser-Cyst-Gly
Val- Cyst-Ala-Ala-Ser-Gly
This is a small, imaginary protein molecule showing
how a sequence of 5 different amino acids could
determine the shape and identity of the molecule
Each amino acid (Serine, Cysteine, Valine, Glycine and
Alanine) is coded for by a particular triplet of bases
Genetic code 2 20
For example
Cytosine
Adenine Codes for Valine
Cytosine (C)
Guanine (G)
Adenine (A)
Codes for Alanine
Thymine
Coding 21
This is known as the triplet code
Each triplet codes for a specific amino acid
CGA - CAA - CCA - CCA - GCT - GGG - GAG - CCA -
Ala Val Gly Gly Arg Pro Leu Gly
Ala Val Gly Gly Arg Pro Leu Gly
The amino acids are joined together in the correct
sequence to make part of a protein
Triplet code 22
The proteins build the cell structures
They also make enzymes
The DNA controls which enzymes are made and
the enzymes determine what reactions take place
The structures and reactions in the cell determine
what sort of a cell it is and what its function is
So DNA exerts its control through the enzymes
DNA and enzymes 23
A sequence of triplets in the DNA molecule may
code for a complete protein
Such a sequence forms a gene
There may be a thousand or more bases in
one gene
Genes 24
Question 1
Which of the following are components of
nucleotides?
(a) deoxyribose
(b) amino acids
(c) phosphate
(d) enzymes
(e) organic bases
Question 2
Which of the following represent a correct
pairing of bases?
(a) adenine with thymine
(b) adenine with guanine
(c) thymine with adenine
(d) guanine with cytosine
(e) thymine with thymine
Question 3
DNA molecules are formed from
(a) organic bases
(b) amino acids
(c) deoxyribose
(d) nucleotides
Question 4
Which of the following are organic bases?
(a) Valine
(b) Guanine
(c) Thymine
(d) Serine
Question 5
Replication of DNA occurs
(a) During cell division
(b) before cell division
(c) at any time
Question 6
A nucleotide triplet codes for
(a) a protein
(b) an amino acid
(c) an enzyme
(d) an organic base
Answer
CORRECT
Answer
INCORRECT

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Dna-and human-VCSSGOC-CGR

Notes de l'éditeur

  1. The illustration is a ‘model’ of the double helix forming part of a DNA molecule (Slide 14)
  2. It is the phosphate group which gives DNA its acidic properties
  3. This is a teaching model. The colours of the bases do not conform to the accepted scheme today
  4. The nucleotides are present in the nucleoplasm. The nuclear equivalent of cytoplasm
  5. Although the DNA in the nucleus specifies the amino acids and their sequence, it is in the cytoplasm that the protein build-up takes place. The DNA of the nucleus makes a single strand of messenger RNA (ribo-nucleic acid) which leaves the nucleus and builds up the protein in the cytoplasm. The RNA code is complementary, but not identical, to the nuclear DNA. Text books usually give the coding for the RNA but in this presentation it is for the DNA itself