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1 Nucleic Acids Chutima Talabnin Ph.D. School of Biochemistry,Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology 1

2 Topics : 2 hrs - Nucleic acid Nucleic acid structure Metabolism (Degradation and Biosynthesis) 1 hr - Gene and Chromosome 2 hrs - DNA Metabolism Replication DNA repair DNA recombination 2 hrs - RNA Metabolism Transcription Post transcriptional Modification 1 hr - Protein Metabolism Translation Post translational modification By Dr. Panida Graduated Biochemistry (4 credit) 16.6 of 100 % 16.6 % Homework and Class Attention (6.6%) + Exam (10%) or Only Exam 2

3 One of the hallmarks of living organism is their ability to reproduce. The information that make each individual life for unique must be preserved and passed on to progeny All life on Earth use Nucleic acids for storage of genetic information True or False? 3

4 Structural components of nucleic acids Nucleic acid Ribonucleic (RNA) and Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) Nucleotide Nucleotide Nucleotide Nucleotide Nucleotide Nucleotide Nucleotide (Nucleoside) Phosphate group Pentose -D-Ribose -D-Deoxyribose Nitrogenous base Purine (A,G) Pyrimidine (U, T, C) 4

5 Pentose sugar ( -D-Ribose and -D-Deoxyribose) (RNA Ribonucleic acid) (DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid) True or False? Hydrophilic nature of pentose sugar let allow water solubility for nucleoside, nucleotide and nucleic acid 5

6 Nitrogenous base Purine Pyrimidine 6

7 Purine and Pyrimidine base strongly absorb UV light To apply measurement nucleic acid concentration 7

8 Nucleic acid Ribonucleic (RNA) and Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) Nucleotide Nucleotide Nucleotide Nucleotide Nucleotide Nucleotide Nucleotide (Nucleoside) Phosphate group Pentose -D-Ribose -D-Deoxyribose Nitrogenous base Purine (A,G) Pyrimidine (U, T, C) 8

9 (Nucleoside) -D-Ribose -D-Deoxyribose glycosidic linkage Purine Pyrimidine N9 C1 (purine; A and G) (D-ribose and D-deoxyribose) N1 C1 (pyrimidine ; C,T and U) (D-ribose and D-deoxyribose) 9

10 Nucleside nomenclulature Purine ; Adenine, Gaunine and Hypoxanthine Add suffix osine of each bases name Pyrimidine ; Cytosine, Thymine (T), Uracil (U) Add suffix idine of each bases Base Ribonucluoside Deoxyribonucleoside Adenine Guanine Adenosine Guanosinie Deoxyadenosine Deoxyguanosine Cytosine Thymine Uracil Hypoxanthine Cytidine Ribothymidine Uridine Inosine Deoxycytidine Thymidine Deoxyinosine 10

11 (Nucleotide) -D-Ribose -D-Deoxyribose glycosidic linkage Purine Pyrimidine Ester bond Phosphate group Esterification between Phosphoric acid (HPO 4 2- ) and OH group of -D-Ribose and -D-Deoxyribose OH groups of Ribose --- Carbon positions : 2, 3, and 5 OH groups of Deoxyribose --- Carbon positions : 2, and Nucleoside Nucleotide 11

12 12

13 Type of Nucleotide and Nomenclature 1. Mononucleotide = Nucleoside + one phosphate group Nucloside Phosphate position monophosphate (NMP) Ribonucleoside Ribonucleotide (Ester) (Acid) Adenosine Guanosinie Adenosine 5'-monophosphate (AMP) Guanosine 5'-monophosphate (GMP) Adenylic acid Guanylic acid Cytidine Uridine Inosine Cytidine 5'-monophosphate (CMP) Uridine 5'-monophosphate (UMP) Inosine 5'-monophosphate (IMP) Cytidylic acid Uridylic acid Inosinic acid Adenosine 5'-monophosphate (AMP) Deoxyadenosine 5'-monophosphate (damp) 13

14 Type of Nucleotide and Nomenclature 2. Nucleoside Diphosphates and Triphosphates Nucleoside 5'-monophosphate (NMP) Nucleoside 5'-diphosphate (NDP) Nucleoside 5'-triphosphate (NDP) Adding one or two more phosphate groups connecting with Anhydride bond Nucleotide act as High energy compound such as ADP, ATP etc. 14

15 Type of Nucleotide and Nomenclature 2. Nucleoside Diphosphates and Triphosphates Adenine nucleotides are components of many enzyme cofactor in redox reaction Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP + ) Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD + ) Flavin adenine dinucleotide ( FAD) 15

16 3. Cyclic nucleotide Type of Nucleotide and Nomenclature OH group of C3 Ribose interact with C5 Phosohate group via ester bond Regulator molecule in signal transduction : 3, 5 Cyclic AMP and 3, 5 Cyclic GMP 16

17 Phosphodiester bond link successive nucleotide in Nucleic acid i 3, 5 phosphodiester bond link between the C3 OH of Nucleotide (i) and C5 Phosphate of Nucleotide (i+1) i +1 Stability of Nucleic acids The phosphodiester linkage in DNA is high stability and then make DNA suitable for the long term storage of genetic information Less stability of phosphodiester bond in RNA which more prone to hydrolysis by free C2 OH group 17

18 Shorthand notations for structure of Oligonucleotide ptpdgpdcpdapt = pdtgcat = p TGCAT 18

19 Deoxyribonucleotide ; DNA Genomic DNA (Linear DNA) Mitochondria DNA (Circular DNA) Chromosomal DNA (Circular DNA) Extrachromosomal DNA = Plasmid (Circular DNA) 19

20 DNA structure :

21 Minor groove Major groove 3 end 5 end Watson Crick double helix (Right handed double helix) The intertwinding of two right handed helical polynucleotide strands around a common axis and two strands are aligned in opposite direction or Anti-parallel) Intertwinding of two anti-parallel strands produces a structure that has two distinct helical groove between sugar and phosphate backbone Major groove Minor groove The stands achieve contact through hydrogen bonds formed at hydrophilic edges of the nitrogen bases (N-H) 3 end 5 end Watson-Crick base-pairing Adenine (A) --- Thymine (T) Guanine (G) --- Cytosine (C) 21

22 Tautomerization of nitrogenous base (Spontaneous proton shift between the adjacent C and N molecules) C C A A Keto enol Tautomer form Animo imino Tautomer form 22

23 Formation of hydrogen bonds between complementary bases in double stranded DNA Adenine (A) --- Thymine (T) Two H- bond 6 NH 2 O 4 1 N - NH Guanine (G) --- Cytosine (C) Three H bond 6 O NH NH - N

24 Conformation of Double helical DNA A form B form Z form Direction Right handed Right handed Left handed base pair per turn Base distance Low humidity High salt High Humidity Low salt 24

25 Noncanonical DNA structure Canonical B-DNA is not a straight, and uniform structure. It also forms unusual structures for providing the molecular recognition of DNA by proteins and enzyme Variations in DNA structure or conformation are favored by specific DNA sequence motif Inverted Repeat (Palindromes) : each DNA strand is self complementary within the inverted region that contains the symmetry element Palindromes Cruciforms DNA 25

26 Mirror sequence : Same base sequence when read either direction from the central point AGGCCAGCCGACCGGA AGGCCAGCGGACACAAAACGACCGGA Triple stranded DNA : require one strand that contain a homopurine sequence while the other two strand have homopyrimidine sequences Hoogsteen pairing (Non Watson and Crick Model) C-G-C T-A-T Homopurine sequence Hoogsteen paring (A : T) Hydrogen bond at position N7 and 6-NH 2 for adenine Homopyrimidine sequences 7 6 Hoogsteen paring (G: C) Hydrogen bond at position N7 and O6 for Guanine

27 Denaturation and Renaturation Denaturation : High Temperature / ph / Urea (Hyperchromism) (Hypochromism) Tm GC contents Biochemistry. 5th edition. Berg JM, Tymoczko JL, Stryer L. New York: W H Freeman;

28 Denaturation and Renaturation Different species of DNA show differ in midpoint temperature : Tm. This difference in Tm value is attributed to increase stability of guanine cytosine pair. 28

29 DNA act as Genetic material 29

30 DNA act as Genetic material 1952 Hershey and Chase --- > To prove DNA,is genetic material, store genetic information that can convert this information into protein for. 30

31 Ribonucleotide ; RNA RNA is a linear polymer of ribonucleotide monophosphate purine base in RNA are Adenine (A) and Guanine (G) pyrimidine bases are Cytosine (C) and Uracil (U) Many RNA contained modified nucleotide which are characteristic of stable RNA species (trna or rrna) Chemical difference between RNA and DNA are largely due to two factors Deoxyribose > Ribose Double stranded > Single stranded RNA acts as intermediary by using the information encoded in DNA to specific the amino acid sequence of a functional protein 31

32 Secondary Structure of RNA involves intramolecular Base paring Three Dimension Structure of RNA is Typical right-handed stacking pattern of single stranded RNA Self-complementary sequences in the molecule produce more complex structure.and lead to stability of RNA RNA can base pair with complementary region either RNA or DNA 32

33 Base pairing for RNA match the pattern for DNA But one difference in base pairing between G and U residue. The potential for base-paired helical structures in many RNA is extensive and the resulting hairpin are the most common type of secondary structure in RNA Base pairing helical structure in an RNA 33

34 RNA have Tertiary Structures Tertiary structure result form base stacking and hydrogen bonding between different part of the molecule. trna is folded into a compact L-shape conformation or cloverleaf stabilized by Watson and Crick base pairing and interaction involving more thank two nucleotides. 34

35 Types of RNAs RNA locate at Nucleus and Cytoplasm in Eukaryotic cells Type of RNA bases on their usual functions in a cells Type Sedimentation Coefficient Molecular Weight Number of Nucleotide Residues Percentage of Total Cell RNA mrna ,000 1,000, ~2 trna ~4 23,000 30, rrna , ,000 1,100, ,500 3,

36 Messenger RNA (mrna) mrna carry the genetic information for building primary structure of Proteins. mrna have relatively short life span Eukaryotic mrna have unique structural features. 5 Cap terminus, followed by a non-translated l reader containing a promoter sequence Coding (AUG-----UAA, UGA, UAG) Nontranslated trailer and poly A tail on the 3 end 36

37 Ribosomal RNA (rrna) Molecular component of the ribosome rrna provides a mechanism for decoding mrna into amino acids and interacts with trnas during translation by providing peptidyl transferase activity 37

38 Transfer RNA (trna) trna has two roles : Activating amino acid ; Enzyme catalyzed formation of aminoacyl trna activates amino acid for protein synthesis trna recognizes nucleotide sequence (codon) in mrna to ensure that the correct amino acid is incorporated into the growing peptide chain. 38

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