Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781259700903
Author: Leland Hartwell Dr., Michael L. Goldberg Professor Dr., Janice Fischer, Leroy Hood Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6, Problem 15P
The CAP protein is shown bound to DNA in Fig. 6.15. CAP binds a specific sequence of base pairs in DNA (N = any base):
5′ TGTGANNNNNNTCACA 3′
3′ ACACTNNNNNNAGTGT 5′
| a. | In a long double-stranded DNA molecule with random base sequence and an equal number of A–T and G–C base pairs, how many different kinds of DNA sequences could be bound by CAP? |
| b. | In the same DNA molecule, how frequently would a CAP binding site of any type be present? Of a particular type? |
| c. | CAP protein binds DNA as dimer; two identical CAP protein subunits bound to each other bind DNA. Can you detect a special feature of the DNA site that CAP binds that suggests that two identical protein subunits bind the DNA? (Hint: Try reading the sequence in the 5′-to-3′ direction on each strand.) |
| d. | CAP protein binds to the major groove of DNA. Do you expect that DNA helicase is required for CAP to bind DNA? |
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Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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