Campbell Chapter 18: The Genetic of Viruses and Bacteria
Campbell Chapter 18: The Genetic of Viruses and Bacteria
Campbell Chapter 18: The Genetic of Viruses and Bacteria
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Figure 18.1
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• E. coli and its viruses
– Are called model systems because of their
frequent use by researchers in studies that
reveal broad biological principles
• Viruses
– Are smaller and simpler still
Virus
Bacterium
Animal
cell
Figure 18.3
Glycoprotein
18 250 mm 70–90 nm (diameter)
20 nm 50 nm
Figure 18.4a, b (a) Tobacco mosaic virus (b) Adenoviruses
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• Some viruses have envelopes
– Which are membranous coverings derived
from the membrane of the host cell
Membranous
envelope
Capsid
RNA
Glycoprotein
80–200 nm (diameter)
50 nm
Figure 18.4c (c) Influenza viruses
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• Bacteriophages, also called phages
– Have the most complex capsids found among
viruses
Head
Tail DNA
sheath
Tail
fiber
80 225 nm
50 nm
Figure 18.4d (d) Bacteriophage T4
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General Features of Viral Reproductive Cycles
• Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites
– They can reproduce only within a host cell
Transcription
Replication
HOST CELL
Viral DNA
mRNA
Viral DNA
Capsid
proteins
Self-assembly of
new
virus particles and
their exit from cell
Figure 18.5
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Reproductive Cycles of Phages
• Phages
– Are the best understood of all viruses
– Go through two alternative reproductive
mechanisms: the lytic cycle and the lysogenic
cycle
Phage assembly
• Temperate phages
– Are capable of using both the lytic and
lysogenic cycles of reproduction
Table 18.1
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Viral Envelopes
• Many animal viruses
– Have a membranous envelope
Envelope (with
2 Capsid and viral genome
glycoproteins)
enter cell
HOST CELL
3 The viral genome (red)
functions as a template for
Viral genome (RNA) synthesis of complementary
RNA strands (pink) by a viral
Template enzyme.
6 Vesicles transport
envelope glycoproteins to
the plasma membrane.
8 New virus
7 A capsid assembles
around each viral
Figure 18.8 genome molecule.
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RNA as Viral Genetic Material
• The broadest variety of RNA genomes
– Is found among the viruses that infect animals
Capsid
Reverse RNA
transcriptase (two identical
strands)
Figure 18.9
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• The reproductive cycle of HIV, a retrovirus 1 The virus fuses with the
HIV Membrane of cell’s plasma membrane.
white blood cell The capsid proteins are 2 Reverse transcriptase
removed, releasing the catalyzes the synthesis of a
viral proteins and RNA. DNA strand complementary
to the viral RNA.
HOST CELL
Reverse
3 Reverse transcriptase
catalyzes the synthesis of
transcriptase
a second DNA strand
Viral RNA
complementary to the first.
RNA-DNA
hybrid 4 The double-stranded
0.25 µm DNA is incorporated
as a provirus into the
HIV entering a cell
DNA cell’s DNA.
NUCLEUS
Chromosomal Provirus
5 Proviral genes are
DNA transcribed into RNA
RNA genome molecules, which serve as
for the next genomes for the next viral
viral generation generation and as mRNAs
mRNA for translation into viral
proteins.
(a) Young ballet students in Hong Kong (b) The SARS-causing agent is a coronavirus
wear face masks to protect themselves like this one (colorized TEM), so named for the
from the virus causing SARS. “corona” of glycoprotein spikes protruding from
Figure 18.11 A, B the envelope.
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• Outbreaks of “new” viral diseases in humans
– Are usually caused by existing viruses that
expand their host territory
Figure 18.12
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• Plant viruses spread disease in two major
modes
– Horizontal transmission, entering through
damaged cell walls
– Vertical transmission, inheriting the virus from
a parent
Many prions
Normal
New
protein
prion
Figure 18.13
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• Concept 18.3: Rapid reproduction, mutation,
and genetic recombination contribute to the
genetic diversity of bacteria
• Bacteria allow researchers
– To investigate molecular genetics in the
simplest true organisms
Origin of
replication
Termination
of replication
Figure 18.14
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Mutation and Genetic Recombination as Sources
of Genetic Variation
Mutant Mutant
strain strain
arg+ trp– arg trp+
RESULTS Only the samples from the mixed culture, contained cells that gave rise to colonies on
Figure 18.15 minimal medium, which lacks amino acids.
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Mixture
Mutant Mutant
strain strain
arg+ trp– arg– trp+
No No
colonies colonies
(control) Colonies (control)
grew
CONCLUSION Because only cells that can make both arginine and tryptophan (arg+ trp+ cells) can grow into
colonies on minimal medium, the lack of colonies on the two control plates showed that no further mutations had
occurred restoring this ability to cells of the mutant strains. Thus, each cell from the mixture that formed a colony on the
minimal medium must have acquired one or more genes from a cell of the other strain by genetic recombination.
Donor
cell
A+
Crossing
over
4 Phage with the A+ allele from the donor cell infects
a recipient A–B– cell, and crossing over (recombination) A+
between donor DNA (brown) and recipient DNA
(green) occurs at two places (dotted lines). A– B–
Recipient
cell
F+ cell
F+ cell
Mating
bridge
Bacterial F+ cell
F– cell
chromosome
1 A cell carrying an F plasmid 2 A single strand of the 3 DNA replication occurs in 4 The plasmid in the
(an F+ cell) can form a F plasmid breaks at a both donor and recipient recipient cell
mating bridge with an F– cell specific point (tip of blue cells, using the single circularizes. Transfer
and transfer its F plasmid. arrowhead) and begins to parental strands of the and replication result
move into the recipient cell. F plasmid as templates in a compete F plasmid (a) Conjugation and transfer of an
As transfer continues, the to synthesize complementary in each cell. Thus, both
donor plasmid rotates strands. cells are now F+. F plasmid from an F+ donor to
(red arrow). an F– recipient
Figure 18.18a
B+ C+ C+ D+
A+ D+ A+
Hfr cell B+ A+ D+ C+
B+ D + C+ B+
A+
A+
B+
C– C– C– D – C–
F– cell B–
A–
D– B–
A–
D– A+ B–
A– A+
B+ B–
A–
D–
3 Since an Hfr cell has all 4 A single strand of the F factor 5 The location and orientation 6 The mating bridge
the F-factor genes, it can breaks and begins to move of the F factor in the donor usually breaks well
form a mating bridge with through the bridge. DNA chromosome determine before the entire
an F– cell and transfer DNA. replication occurs in both donor the sequence of gene transfer chromosome and
and recipient cells, resulting in during conjugation. In this the rest of the
double-stranded DNA example, the transfer sequence F factor are transferred.
for four genes is A-B-C-D.
Temporary
B+ C– B– C– Recombinant F–
partial B–
A–
D– B+
A–
D–
A+ A+
diploid bacterium
7 Two crossovers can result 8 The piece of DNA ending up outside the
in the exchange of similar bacterial chromosome will eventually be
(homologous) genes between degraded by the cell’s enzymes. The recipient
the transferred chromosome fragment cell now contains a new combination of genes (b) Conjugation and transfer of part
(brown) and the recipient cell’s but no F factor; it is a recombinant F – cell.
chromosome (green). of the bacterial chromosome from
an Hfr donor to an F– recipient,
Figure 18.18b resulting in recombination
3 A T C C G G T… A C C G G A T… 3
5 TAG G C CA… TG G C CTA… 5
Inverted Transposase gene Inverted
repeat repeat
(a) Insertion sequences, the simplest transposable elements in bacteria, contain a single gene that
encodes transposase, which catalyzes movement within the genome. The inverted repeats are
backward, upside-down versions of each other; only a portion is shown. The inverted repeat
sequence varies from one type of insertion sequence to another.
Figure 18.19a
5 5
3 3
Figure 18.19b
Feedback
inhibition
Enzyme 1 Gene 1
–
Enzyme 4 Gene 4
–
Enzyme 5 Gene 5
Tryptophan
Figure 18.20a, b
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Operons: The Basic Concept
• In bacteria, genes are often clustered into
operons, composed of
– An operator, an “on-off” switch
– A promoter
– Genes for metabolic enzymes
(a) Tryptophan absent, repressor inactive, operon on. RNA polymerase attaches to the DNA at the
promoter and transcribes the operon’s genes.
Figure 18.21a
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DNA
No RNA made
mRNA
Active
Protein repressor
Tryptophan
(corepressor)
(b) Tryptophan present, repressor active, operon off. As tryptophan
accumulates, it inhibits its own production by activating the repressor protein.
Figure 18.21b
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Repressible and Inducible Operons: Two Types of
Negative Gene Regulation
• In a repressible operon
– Binding of a specific repressor protein to the
operator shuts off transcription
• In an inducible operon
– Binding of an inducer to an innately inactive
repressor inactivates the repressor and turns
on transcription
No
RNA
made
3
RNA
mRNA polymerase
5
Active
Protein repressor
(a) Lactose absent, repressor active, operon off. The lac repressor is innately active, and in
the absence of lactose it switches off the operon by binding to the operator.
Figure 18.22a
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lac operon
RNA
polymerase
3
mRNA mRNA 5'
mRNA 5
5
Allolactose Inactive
(inducer) repressor
(b) Lactose present, repressor inactive, operon on. Allolactose, an isomer of lactose, derepresses
the operon by inactivating the repressor. In this way, the enzymes for lactose utilization are induced.
Figure 18.22b
• Repressible enzymes
– Usually function in anabolic pathways
Inactive lac
Inactive repressor
CAP
(a) Lactose present, glucose scarce (cAMP level high): abundant lac mRNA synthesized.
If glucose is scarce, the high level of cAMP activates CAP, and the lac operon produces
Figure 18.23a large amounts of mRNA for the lactose pathway.
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• When glucose levels in an E. coli cell increase
– CAP detaches from the lac operon, turning it
off
Promoter
DNA
lacl lacZ
Inactive
CAP Inactive lac
repressor
(b) Lactose present, glucose present (cAMP level low): little lac mRNA synthesized.
Figure 18.23b When glucose is present, cAMP is scarce, and CAP is unable to stimulate transcription.