BIOL-UA 12 Chapter Notes -Tas2R38, Phenylthiocarbamide, Taste Receptor

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Macromolecules and the process of genetic information: dna. All modern dna apparently descended from a single, spontaneous, generative event several billion years ago. Mutations, coupled with selection, have produced the variation in dna we see today. Rationale: to learn how gene and genome sequencing can be used to understand biology and how it can be used in medicine. Overview: perform a pcr reaction that will produce a fragment spanning the tas2r38 loci, corresponding to a gene encoding the taste receptor that detects ptc. If taster - have a single nucleotide polymorphism located at position 785 (upstream from the start site of the gene) This snp, which creates a cleavage site for the fnu4h1 restriction enzyme, will produce a polymorphism that reveals who is a taster and who is not. C at position 785 indicates a functional taste receptor. T at position 785 indicates a nonfunctional tasting allele. When conducting pcr, use primers that flank this known polymorphic region.

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