Chapter 9 Genetic Engineering

Chapter 5:Genetic Engineering
Lesson Objectives
At the end of this lesson you should be able to
1.Define Genetic Engineering

2.Outline the process of genetic engineering
involving some or all of the following:
isolation, cutting, transformation, introduction
of base sequence changes and expression
3.Know three applications: on plant, on animal,
on micro-organism
Genetic Engineering
The simple addition, deletion, or manipulation of

a single trait in an organism to create a desired
change.
Genetic Engineering
What you need to know
• Manipulation and
alteration of genes
• Three applications: one
plant, one animal, one
micro-organism
 Process involving
isolation, transformation,
and expression
Genetic Engineering
Is:
Artificially copying a piece of DNA from one
organism and joining this copy of DNA into the
DNA of another organism
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Purpose of Genetic Engineering
It allows genes from one organism to be inserted
into a cell of a different organism of a different
species.
Examples:
– Human genes can be inserted into a
bacterium
– Human genes can be inserted into cells from
other animals
– Bacterium genes can be inserted into plant
cells
Genetic Engineering
• Genetic engineering means that DNA from
different organisms can be combined
• Bacteria can be engineered to produce

human proteins
• Human genes can be inserted into other

animals
Genetic Engineering - Overview
 The altered DNA is called recombinant DNA
 Recombinant DNA is joined to other unrelated

DNA in the organism
 This is called gene splicing.
- tiny segments of a gene are taken out and

replaced by different genes
Learning Check
1. What is Genetic Engineering?
2. What is the purpose of Genetic Reengineering?
3. Give three examples of Genetic Engineering
4. What is the difference between altered and

recombinant DNA?
5. What is meant by gene splicing?

Transgenic Organisms
• Organisms altered by genetic engineering.
• Genetic material changed by other than random

natural breeding
• Gene transfer
-moving a gene from one organism to another.
What Transgenic means
• 'Trans-' means 'crossing from one place to another‘
• The '-genic' bit means genes
• So it means that bits of genes from different living

things have been bolted together and spliced into
another organism to make a new one which does
something which the scientists want it to do.
Examples of Transgenic Organisms
• GMO- genetically modified organism

• GEO-genetically enhanced organism
For example
Plants that resists a particular type of weed killer https://www.healthproductsguru.com
Sheep which makes some special substance in its milk.
Learning Check
1. What the word transgenic mean?
2. What is a transgenic organism?
3. Give examples of transgenic organisms

5 Stages involved in GE
1. Isolation
2. Cutting
3. Ligation and Insertion
4. Transformation
5. Expression
1. Isolation
(a) Isolation of a specific gene from donor e.g. human
• Cells broken open
• Genetic probe added
• Reveals position of the gene of interest

1. Isolation
(b) Isolation of plasmid from a bacterial cell
Bacterial cell
Plasmid
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2. Cutting
• Restriction enzymes act as molecular scissors and cut DNA at
specific sites called restriction sites
Restriction site
Restriction
site Restriction
ezymes
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2. Cutting
Restriction site Restriction site
Donor DNA
Plasmid
Restriction
enzymes
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Cutting
Donor DNA
Plasmid Sticky Ends

DNA Ligase
(bacterial DNA)
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Ligation –rejoining cut fragments of DNA and

forming artificial recombinant molecules
Ligation and Insertion
4. Transformation
Recombinant DNA introduced into bacterial cell
Bacterial
cell
Bacterial
chromosome
Recombinant DNA
5. Expression
Bacterial cell reproduces by Binary Fisson
Bacterial cell produces the polypeptide
Coded for by the donor DNA

Summary of steps
Donor DNA
Plasmid
1. Cut with restriction

enzymes
Donor DNA
Sticky
Ends
2. Ligase bonds
sticky ends Recombinant DNA
together
Expression
• Expression is getting the organism with the
recombinant DNA to produce the desired
protein
• When the protein is produced in large

amounts it is isolated and purified
Learning Check
1. What are the stages involved in GE?
2. Outline what happens in the stage isolation ?
3. What enzyme is used to cut the DNA?
4. Can you explain what happens in

transformation?
5. What is meant by gene expression?

Animals used in GE
• The human gene to clot blood has been
inserted into the DNA of sheep
• Sheep produce human clotting factor needed

for Haemophiliacs in their milk
• Goats produce a protein to treat emphysema

Applications (Micro-organisms)
Production of humulin
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Used by diabetics
Plant Application
Golden Rice – a
possible solution to
Vitamin A
deficiency.
Applications of Genetic Engineering
• Pharming
• Gene pharming is a technology that scientists use to
alter an animal's own DNA, or to splice in new DNA,
called a transgene, from another species.
• In pharming, these genetically modified (transgenic)
animals are mostly used to make human proteins
that have medicinal value. The protein encoded by
the transgene is secreted into the animal's milk,
eggs or blood, and then collected and purified.
Tracy the Sheep
• One of the first mammals engineered successfully
for the purpose of pharming was a sheep named
Tracy, born in 1990 and created by scientists led by
British developmental biologist Ian Wilmut at Roslin
Institute in Scotland. Tracy was created from a
zygote genetically engineered through DNA
injection to produce milk containing large quantities
of the human enzyme alpha-1 antitrypsin, a
substance used to treat cystic fibrosis and
emphysema
Xenotransplantation
• Xenotransplantation is the transplantation of living
cells, tissues or organs from one species to another.
• However there are ethical issues and issues with
rejection
• There are also issues with virus transmission from
one species to another
• Porcine islet transplants are being investigated for
use in type 1 diabetes due to the shortage of human
islet cells
Gene Therapy
• It involves modifying human
DNA either to repair it or to
replace a faulty gene.
• The idea of gene therapy is

to overcome the effects of a
mutation which causes a
genetic disease.
• Cystic fibrosis is the best

known disease where gene
therapy has been tried.
Diagnostic Tests
Genetic engineering can produce very

specific and sensitive diagnostic tests for
many diseases, using engineered proteins.
This new technology is also opening up

novel ways of delivering medicines to
specific targets.
Vaccines
• Genetically engineered
microbes can be used to
produce the antigens
needed in a safe and
controllable way.
• The use of genetically
modified yeast cells to
produce a vaccine against
the hepatitis B virus has
been a major success story.
Plants
• Weedkiller resistant crops
- Weeds die but the crops survive
• Vitamin A in Rice
- The gene which produces vitamin A was taken
from daffodils and put into rice to help
prevent blindness
Micro organisms
• Bacteria can make human insulin
• This prevented many diabetics from getting an

allergic reaction to animal insulin
• Bacteria make interferon which can fight virus

infections and some cancers
Learning Check
1. Can you outline 3 uses of Genetic Engineering?
2. What is the purpose of Pharming?
3. Outline a use for Gene Therapy
4. What have GE modified yeast cells been used to

produce?
5. What do you feel are the ethical issues associated with

GE?
What have you learned?
Can you…………
1. Define Genetic Engineering

2.Understand that GE alters DNA
3.Understand the function of restriction enzymes
4.Be able to explain isolation, cutting , insertion ,
transformation and expression
5.Discuss three applications of GE
6.Discuss the ethical issues of genetic engineering
General Steps: gene cloning
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Chapter 5:Genetic Engineering

1.Define Genetic Engineering

The simple addition, deletion, or manipulation of

• Bacteria can be engineered to produce

• Human genes can be inserted into other

 Recombinant DNA is joined to other unrelated

 This is called gene splicing.

- tiny segments of a gene are taken out and

2. What is the purpose of Genetic Reengineering?

3. Give three examples of Genetic Engineering

4. What is the difference between altered and

5. What is meant by gene splicing?

• Genetic material changed by other than random

• The '-genic' bit means genes

• So it means that bits of genes from different living

• GMO- genetically modified organism

2. What is a transgenic organism?

3. Give examples of transgenic organisms

3. Ligation and Insertion

• Cells broken open

• Genetic probe added

• Reveals position of the gene of interest

Plasmid Sticky Ends

Ligation –rejoining cut fragments of DNA and

Recombinant DNA introduced into bacterial cell

Bacterial cell produces the polypeptide

Coded for by the donor DNA

1. Cut with restriction

• When the protein is produced in large

2. Outline what happens in the stage isolation ?

3. What enzyme is used to cut the DNA?

4. Can you explain what happens in

5. What is meant by gene expression?

• Sheep produce human clotting factor needed

• Goats produce a protein to treat emphysema

• The idea of gene therapy is

• Cystic fibrosis is the best

Genetic engineering can produce very

This new technology is also opening up

• This prevented many diabetics from getting an

• Bacteria make interferon which can fight virus

2. What is the purpose of Pharming?

3. Outline a use for Gene Therapy

4. What have GE modified yeast cells been used to

5. What do you feel are the ethical issues associated with

1. Define Genetic Engineering

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