BIOL 2905 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Chromatin, Tata Box, Acetyl Group

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Des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)e the fun(cid:272)tion of rna pro(cid:272)essing (cid:894)(cid:1009)" cap & poly a tail(cid:895: primary product of dna transcription is pre-mrna. Pre-mrna must be modified in several ways before it can be transported out of nucleus & translated into protein. Modified transcript is called mature rna: 7-(cid:373)eth(cid:455)lgua(cid:374)osi(cid:374)e is added to 5" e(cid:374)d. pro(cid:272)ess is (cid:272)alled (cid:272)appi(cid:374)g. it e(cid:374)a(cid:271)les ribosomal recognition & thus greater efficiency in protein translation. Prote(cid:272)ts mr(cid:374)a fro(cid:373) degradatio(cid:374) (cid:271)(cid:455) 5"-3" e(cid:454)o(cid:374)u(cid:272)lease e(cid:374)z(cid:455)(cid:373)e: 3" e(cid:374)d of pre-mrna is cleaved & polyadenylated (poly-a-tail)- this is the addition of multiple adenine residues to produce a cap. Length of the poly- a-tail is reduced overtime. Length of mrna determines half-life of mrna: splicing: pre-mrna contained mix of introns/exons. E(cid:454): 3" utr is k(cid:374)ow(cid:374) to a(cid:272)t as sig(cid:374)al for additio(cid:374) of pol(cid:455)-a-tail by various enzymes: promoter & enhancer regions regulate transcription of gene into pre-mrna, the untranslated regions (utr) regulate translation into a protein product.

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