How Genes Are Controlled: Powerpoint Lectures
How Genes Are Controlled: Powerpoint Lectures
How Genes Are Controlled: Powerpoint Lectures
Chapter 11
How Genes
Are Controlled TAYLOR
SIMON
DICKEY
HOGAN
REECE
DNA
DNA
RNA polymerase
is bound to the
mRNA promoter
Translation
Protein
DNA
DNA
RNA polymerase
is bound to the
mRNA promoter
Translation
Protein
Active Active
repressor repressor Tryptophan
TEM 100,000×
chromosome
Tight helical
fiber (30-nm
Linker fiber)
“Beads on
a string”
Histones Nucleosome
(10-nm fiber)
TEM 14,000×
Looped domain
(300-nm fiber)
700 nm
TEM 100,000×
Linker
“Beads on
a string”
TEM 14,000×
Activator
proteins
Transcription
factors Other
proteins
DNA-bending
protein
RNA
polymerase
Bending
of DNA
Transcription
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Animation: Initiation of Transcription
Exons
DNA 1 2 3 4 5
Introns Introns
Exons
DNA 1 2 3 4 5
Introns Introns
Cap Tail
RNA
transcript 1 2 3 4 5
Exons
DNA 1 2 3 4 5
Introns Introns
Cap Tail
RNA
transcript 1 2 3 4 5
RNA splicing
or
mRNA 1 2 3 5 1 2 4 5
miRNA-protein
complex
miRNA-protein
complex
miRNA-protein
complex
3 4
or
Chromosome
CYTOPLASM
Chromosome
Transcription
Exon CYTOPLASM
Intron
Chromosome
Transcription
Exon CYTOPLASM
Splicing
RNA Intron
Addition of a transcript
cap and tail mRNA in Tail
nucleus
Cap
Chromosome
Transcription
Exon CYTOPLASM
Splicing
RNA Intron
Addition of a transcript
cap and tail mRNA in Tail
nucleus
Flow through
nuclear envelope
Cap
mRNA in
cytoplasm
Chromosome
Transcription
Exon CYTOPLASM
Splicing
RNA Intron
Addition of a transcript
cap and tail mRNA in Tail
nucleus
Flow through
nuclear envelope
Cap
mRNA in
Breakdown cytoplasm
of mRNA
Broken-down mRNA
Chromosome
Transcription
Exon CYTOPLASM
Splicing
RNA Intron
Addition of a transcript
cap and tail mRNA in Tail
nucleus
Flow through
nuclear envelope
Cap
mRNA in
Breakdown cytoplasm
of mRNA
Translation Broken-down mRNA
Polypeptide
Chromosome
Transcription
Exon CYTOPLASM
Splicing
RNA Intron
Addition of a transcript
cap and tail mRNA in Tail
nucleus
Flow through
nuclear envelope
Cap
mRNA in
Breakdown cytoplasm
of mRNA
Translation Broken-down mRNA
Polypeptide
Cleavage,
modification,
activation Active
protein
Chromosome
Transcription
Exon CYTOPLASM
Splicing
RNA Intron
Addition of a transcript
cap and tail mRNA in Tail
nucleus
Flow through
nuclear envelope
Cap
mRNA in
Breakdown cytoplasm
of mRNA
Translation Broken-down mRNA
Polypeptide
Cleavage,
modification,
activation Active
protein
Breakdown
of protein
Amino
acids
Eye
Antenna
SEM 50×
SEM 50×
Extra pair
of legs
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Figure 11.8a_1
Eye
Antenna
SEM 50×
SEM 50×
Extra pair
of legs
2 Egg cell
“Head”
mRNA
Cascades of
gene expression
2 Egg cell
“Head”
mRNA
Cascades of
gene expression
Fertilization and mitosis
Embryo
Body segments
3
75×
2 Egg cell
“Head”
mRNA
Cascades of
gene expression
Fertilization and mitosis
Embryo
Body segments
3
75×
Expression of homeotic genes
and cascades of gene expression
Adult fly
15×
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Animation: Cell Signaling
T A A CGG T T C C A GC C T C AAG T T GC T C T
A U U G C C A A GG U C G GA G UU C A A C GA GA
A mRNA B mRNA
120×
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Figure 11.9b
Each dot is a well containing
identical copies of DNA
fragments that carry a
specific gene. Genes bind to red
cDNAs.
Genes expressed in
both tissues; bind to
both red and green
cDNAS.
Target cell 3
Relay Signal
proteins transduction
pathway
Transcription
factor 4
(activated)
NUCLEUS
DNA
5 Transcription
mRNA
New
6 protein
CYTOPLASM Translation
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Figure 11.10_1
Target cell 3
Relay Signal
proteins transduction
pathway
Transcription
factor 4
(activated)
NUCLEUS
DNA
5 Transcription
mRNA
New
6 protein
CYTOPLASM
Translation
Receptor
α factor
a α
a α
a/α
Root of
carrot plant
Single cell
1
The nucleus
is removed
from an egg
cell.
Donor
cell
1 2
The nucleus A somatic
is removed cell from an
from an egg adult donor
cell. is added.
Donor
cell Nucleus from
the donor cell
Blastocyst
1 2 3
The nucleus A somatic The cell grows in
is removed cell from an culture to produce
from an egg adult donor a blastocyst (early
cell. is added. embryo).
Donor
cell Nucleus from
the donor cell
Blastocyst
1 2 3 4
The nucleus A somatic The cell grows in The blastocyst
is removed cell from an culture to produce is implanted in
from an egg adult donor a blastocyst (early a surrogate
cell. is added. embryo). mother.
Donor
cell Nucleus from
the donor cell
Blastocyst
1 2 3 4 5
The nucleus A somatic The cell grows in The blastocyst A clone of
is removed cell from an culture to produce is implanted in the donor is
from an egg adult donor a blastocyst (early a surrogate born.
cell. is added. embryo). mother.
Blood cells
Adult stem
cells in bone
marrow
Embryonic
stem cells
removed
from Nerve cells
blastocyst Cultured
embryonic
stem cells
Heart muscle cells
Different culture Different types of
conditions differentiated cells
Proto-oncogene
(for a protein that stimulates cell division)
DNA
Hyperactive
growth- Normal growth- Normal growth-
stimulating stimulating stimulating
protein in a protein protein
normal amount in excess in excess
Normal
growth- Defective,
inhibiting nonfunctioning
protein protein
Cell division
Cell division not under control
under control
DNA An oncogene
changes: is activated
Cellular Increased
changes: cell division
1
Colon wall
Colon wall
Colon wall
1 2 3 4
Chromosomes mutation mutations mutations mutations
Normal Malignant
cell cell
Normal Normal
product of product of
ras gene ras gene
Relay
Hyperactive relay
proteins
protein (product of
ras oncogene)
CYTOPLASM Transcription even in absence
factor of growth factor
(activated)
DNA DNA
Transcription Transcription
NUCLEUS NUCLEUS
Normal Increased
cell cell
division division
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Figure 11.17a_1
Normal
Growth
factor
Target cell
Normal
product of
ras gene
Relay
proteins
CYTOPLASM Transcription
factor
(activated)
DNA
Transcription
NUCLEUS
Normal
cell
division
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Figure 11.17a_2
Mutant
No
growth
factor
Normal
product of
ras gene
Relay
Hyperactive relay
proteins
protein (product of
ras oncogene)
Transcription even in absence
factor of growth factor
(activated)
DNA
Transcription
NUCLEUS
Overexpression of
stimulating protein
Increased
cell
division
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Figure 11.17b
Normal Mutant
Growth-
inhibiting
factor Receptor
Relay
proteins Nonfunctional
transcription
Normal factor (product
product of faulty p53
of p53 tumor-
gene suppressor
gene) cannot
Transcription trigger
factor transcription
(activated)
Transcription
Transcription and translation
do not occur
Protein Translation
that Protein
inhibits absent (cell
cell division division not
inhibited)
No cell Increased
division cell
division
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Figure 11.17b_1
Normal
Growth-
inhibiting
factor Receptor
Relay
proteins
Normal
product
of p53
gene
Transcription
factor
(activated)
Transcription
Protein Translation
that
inhibits
cell division
No cell
division
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Figure 11.17b_2
Mutant
Relay
proteins Nonfunctional
transcription
factor (product
of faulty p53
tumor-
suppressor
gene) cannot
trigger
transcription
Transcription
and translation
do not occur
Protein
absent (cell
division not
inhibited)
Increased
cell
division
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11.17 Faulty proteins can interfere with
normal signal transduction pathways
Checkpoint question Contrast the action of an
oncogene with that of a cancer-causing mutation in
a tumor-suppressor gene.
A typical operon
Operator
Regulatory
gene Promoter Gene 1
Gene 2
Gene 3
DNA
Egg cell or
zygote with
nucleus removed
Gene (a)
prokaryotic regulation
genes are often is a normal gene that
grouped into can be mutated to an
in eukaryotes when
may involve abnormal
operons oncogene
may
controlled by a lead to
can cause
protein called
are
(b) switched (c)
on/off by
in active
form binds to