fig. 11-2 muscle cell pancreas cells blood cells if all human cells have the same number of genes,...
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Fig. 11-2
Muscle cell Pancreas cells Blood cells
If all human cells have the same number of genes, how can we have some 300 different cell types?
Figure 11.1B_1
Operon turned off (lactose is absent):OPERON
Regulatorygene
Promoter Operator Lactose-utilization genes
RNA polymerase cannotattach to the promoter
Activerepressor
Protein
mRNA
DNA
Figure 11.1B_2
Protein
mRNA
DNA
Operon turned on (lactose inactivates the repressor):
RNA polymerase isbound to the promoter
LactoseInactiverepressor
Translation
Enzymes for lactose utilization
Figure 11.1C
Inactiverepressor
Inactiverepressor
Activerepressor
Activerepressor
Lactose
Tryptophan
DNA
Promoter Operator Gene
lac operon trp operon
Figure 11.7_1
Chromosome Chromosome
DNA unpackingOther changes to the DNA
Gene DNA
TranscriptionGene
Exon
Intron
Tail
Cap
Addition of a cap and tail
RNA transcript
Splicing
mRNA in nucleus
NUCLEUSFlow through nuclear envelope
CYTOPLASM
Figure 11.7_2
mRNA in cytoplasm CYTOPLASM
Breakdown of mRNA
Translation
PolypeptidePolypeptide
Broken-downmRNA
Cleavage, modification,activation
Active protein Activeprotein
Amino acids
Breakdownof protein
Figure 11.2A
DNA double helix(2-nm diameter)
“Beads ona string”
Linker
Histones Supercoil(300-nm diameter)
Nucleosome(10-nm diameter)
Tight helicalfiber (30-nmdiameter)
Metaphasechromosome
700 nm
Figure 11.3Enhancers
DNA
PromoterGene
Transcriptionfactors
Activatorproteins
Otherproteins
RNA polymerase
Bendingof DNA
Transcription
Figure 11.4
DNA
RNAtranscript
mRNA
Exons
Introns Introns
Cap Tail
RNA splicing
or
1
1
1 1
2
2
2 2
4
4
4
5
5
55
3
3
3
Figure 11.5
miRNA
Target mRNA
mRNA degraded
or
Translationblocked
miRNA-proteincomplex
Protein
3
2
1
4
Figure 11.6
Folding of the polypeptideand the formation ofS—S linkages
Initial polypeptide(inactive)
Folded polypeptide(inactive)
Active formof insulin
Cleavage
S S
SS
S
SS
S
SS
SS
SHSH
SH
SH
SH
SH
Protein folding and activation (post-translational modifications)
Figure 11.2B
Cell divisionand random
X chromosomeinactivation
Early Embryo Adult
X chromo-somes
Allele fororange fur
Allele forblack fur
Two cell populations
Active X
Inactive X
Active X
Inactive XBlack fur
Orange fur
Epigenetics and imprinting
Figure 11.10
3
2
1
4
5
6
Signaling cell EXTRACELLULAR FLUID
Signaling molecule
Receptorprotein
Plasmamembrane
Target cell
Relayproteins
Signaltransductionpathway
Transcription factor(activated)
NUCLEUS
DNA
mRNA
CYTOPLASM
Transcription
Translation
Newprotein
Figure 11.18AGrowth factor
Target cell
Normal productof ras gene
Relay proteins
Receptor
Hyperactiverelay protein(product ofras oncogene)issues signalson its own
CYTOPLASM
DNA
NUCLEUS Transcription
TranslationProtein thatstimulatescell division
Transcriptionfactor
(activated)
Figure 11.18B
Growth-inhibiting factor
Receptor
Relayproteins
Transcription factor(activated)
Nonfunctional transcriptionfactor (product of faulty p53 tumor-suppressor gene) cannot trigger transcription
Normal productof p53 gene
Transcription
TranslationProtein thatinhibitscell division
Protein absent(cell divisionnot inhibited)