Biochemistry
24 flashcards · Biology · by Simran Chahal
Purine
Pyrimidine
Adenine
Cytosine
Guanine
Thymine
Ribose
Uracil
DNA
Nucleoside
Nucleotide
The pyrimidine in this bond is thymine and the purine is adenine
The pyrimidine in this bond is cytosine and the purine is guanine
The reaction for DNA polymerase is as follows: (DNA)n + dNTP <> (DNA)n+1 + PPi
DNA Polymerase I is responsible for primer removal, DNA repair, and 5'-3' and 3'-5' exonuclease activity in prokaryotes
DNA Polymerase II is responsible for DNA repair using 3'-5' exonuclease activity in prokaryotes
DNA Polymerase III is responsible for DNA replication with 3'-5' exonuclease activity in prokaryotes
DNA Polymerase IV and DNA Polymerase V are responsible for DNA repair in prokaryotes
DNA Polymerase α\alphaα is responsible for primer synthesis in eukaryotes
DNA Polymerase β\betaβ is responsible for DNA repair in eukaryotes
DNA Polymerase γ\gammaγ is responsible for mitochondrial DNA replication and 3'-5' exonuclease activity in eukaryotes
DNA Polymerase σ\sigmaσ is responsible for DNA replication and repair and 3'-5' exonuclease activity in eukaryotes
DNA Polymerase ϵ\epsilonϵ is responsible for DNA replication and has 3'-5' and 5'-3' exonuclease activity in eukaryotes