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DNA Replication
Learning Objectives 
 Summarize the events of DNA replication. 
 Compare DNA replication in prokaryotes with that of 
eukaryotes.
Review of DNA Structure 
sugar-phosphate 
backbone 
nitrogenous 
bases 
double helix
DNA Replication and the Cell Cycle 
S 
DNA replication occurs during the phase of the 
cell cycle.
Copying DNA 
Direction 
of replication 
Direction 
of replication 
replication fork 
DNA polymerase 
new nucleotides 
being added
DDNNAA RReepplliiccaattiioonn 
EEnnzzyymmee HHeelliiccaassee uunnwwiinnddss aanndd sseeppaarraatteess tthhee 22 DDNNAA 
ssttrraannddss bbyy bbrreeaakkiinngg tthhee wweeaakk hhyyddrrooggeenn bboonnddss 
SSiinnggllee--SSttrraanndd BBiinnddiinngg PPrrootteeiinnss attach and keep the 2 
DNA strands separated and untwisted
DDNNAA RReepplliiccaattiioonn 
BBeeggiinnss aatt OOrriiggiinnss ooff RReepplliiccaattiioonn 
TTwwoo ssttrraannddss ooppeenn ffoorrmmiinngg RReepplliiccaattiioonn FFoorrkkss ((YY--sshhaappeedd 
rreeggiioonn)) 
NNeeww ssttrraannddss ggrrooww aatt tthhee ffoorrkkss 
RReepplliiccaattiioonn 
FFoorrkk 
PPaarreennttaall DDNNAA MMoolleeccuullee 
3’ 
5’ 
3’ 
5’
Semiconservative Replication 
The blue strand represents the 
DNA strand. 
The red strand represents the 
DNA strand. 
original 
new
Telomeres 
• Telomeres: the tips of eukaryotic chromosomes 
• Telomerase helps prevent genes from being damaged or 
lost during replication. 
Telomeres
DDNNAA RReepplliiccaattiioonn 
AAss tthhee 22 DDNNAA ssttrraannddss ooppeenn aatt tthhee oorriiggiinn,, RReepplliiccaattiioonn 
BBuubbbblleess ffoorrmm 
Prokaryotes (bacteria) have a single bubble 
Eukaryotic chromosomes have MANY bubbles 
Bubbles Bubbles
LLaaggggiinngg SSttrraanndd SSeeggmmeennttss 
• OOkkaazzaakkii FFrraaggmmeennttss -- series of short segments on the 
llaaggggiinngg ssttrraanndd 
• MMuusstt bbee jjooiinneedd ttooggeetthheerr bbyy aann eennzzyymmee 
Lagging Strand 
RRNNAA 
PPrriimmeerr 
DDNNAA 
PPoollyymmeerraassee 
3’ 
5’ 
3’ 
5’ 
OOkkaazzaakkii FFrraaggmmeenntt
JJooiinniinngg ooff OOkkaazzaakkii FFrraaggmmeennttss 
TThhee eennzzyymmee LLiiggaassee jjooiinnss tthhee OOkkaazzaakkii ffrraaggmmeennttss 
ttooggeetthheerr ttoo mmaakkee oonnee ssttrraanndd 
Lagging Strand 
OOkkaazzaakkii FFrraaggmmeenntt 22 
DDNNAA lliiggaassee 
OOkkaazzaakkii FFrraaggmmeenntt 11 
5’ 
5’ 
3’ 
3’
Eukaryotic DNA Replication 
Replication 
forks 
Unreplicated DNA 
New DNA
Prokaryotic DNA Replication 
replication fork 
new DNA 
replication fork 
unreplicated DNA

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  • 2. Learning Objectives  Summarize the events of DNA replication.  Compare DNA replication in prokaryotes with that of eukaryotes.
  • 3. Review of DNA Structure sugar-phosphate backbone nitrogenous bases double helix
  • 4. DNA Replication and the Cell Cycle S DNA replication occurs during the phase of the cell cycle.
  • 5. Copying DNA Direction of replication Direction of replication replication fork DNA polymerase new nucleotides being added
  • 6. DDNNAA RReepplliiccaattiioonn EEnnzzyymmee HHeelliiccaassee uunnwwiinnddss aanndd sseeppaarraatteess tthhee 22 DDNNAA ssttrraannddss bbyy bbrreeaakkiinngg tthhee wweeaakk hhyyddrrooggeenn bboonnddss SSiinnggllee--SSttrraanndd BBiinnddiinngg PPrrootteeiinnss attach and keep the 2 DNA strands separated and untwisted
  • 7. DDNNAA RReepplliiccaattiioonn BBeeggiinnss aatt OOrriiggiinnss ooff RReepplliiccaattiioonn TTwwoo ssttrraannddss ooppeenn ffoorrmmiinngg RReepplliiccaattiioonn FFoorrkkss ((YY--sshhaappeedd rreeggiioonn)) NNeeww ssttrraannddss ggrrooww aatt tthhee ffoorrkkss RReepplliiccaattiioonn FFoorrkk PPaarreennttaall DDNNAA MMoolleeccuullee 3’ 5’ 3’ 5’
  • 8. Semiconservative Replication The blue strand represents the DNA strand. The red strand represents the DNA strand. original new
  • 9. Telomeres • Telomeres: the tips of eukaryotic chromosomes • Telomerase helps prevent genes from being damaged or lost during replication. Telomeres
  • 10. DDNNAA RReepplliiccaattiioonn AAss tthhee 22 DDNNAA ssttrraannddss ooppeenn aatt tthhee oorriiggiinn,, RReepplliiccaattiioonn BBuubbbblleess ffoorrmm Prokaryotes (bacteria) have a single bubble Eukaryotic chromosomes have MANY bubbles Bubbles Bubbles
  • 11.
  • 12. LLaaggggiinngg SSttrraanndd SSeeggmmeennttss • OOkkaazzaakkii FFrraaggmmeennttss -- series of short segments on the llaaggggiinngg ssttrraanndd • MMuusstt bbee jjooiinneedd ttooggeetthheerr bbyy aann eennzzyymmee Lagging Strand RRNNAA PPrriimmeerr DDNNAA PPoollyymmeerraassee 3’ 5’ 3’ 5’ OOkkaazzaakkii FFrraaggmmeenntt
  • 13. JJooiinniinngg ooff OOkkaazzaakkii FFrraaggmmeennttss TThhee eennzzyymmee LLiiggaassee jjooiinnss tthhee OOkkaazzaakkii ffrraaggmmeennttss ttooggeetthheerr ttoo mmaakkee oonnee ssttrraanndd Lagging Strand OOkkaazzaakkii FFrraaggmmeenntt 22 DDNNAA lliiggaassee OOkkaazzaakkii FFrraaggmmeenntt 11 5’ 5’ 3’ 3’
  • 14. Eukaryotic DNA Replication Replication forks Unreplicated DNA New DNA
  • 15. Prokaryotic DNA Replication replication fork new DNA replication fork unreplicated DNA

Hinweis der Redaktion

  1. Read the title aloud to students.
  2. Click to reveal each of the learning objectives in turn. Read the objectives aloud or have a volunteer do so. Ask: What are some ways to make a copy of a page of the text? Sample Answers: by hand, by using a copier Ask: Why is it important to make an exact copy? Answer: so the information doesn’t change Explain that cells copy DNA in a process called DNA replication. Then lead a discussion in which you challenge students to apply this same thinking about copying pages to the process of DNA replication. Before a cell divides, its DNA must first be copied. Ask them to consider the following: How might the double-helix structure of DNA make that possible? What might happen if one of the nucleotides were damaged or chemically altered just before the copying process? How might this affect the DNA inherited by each daughter cell after cell division? Distribute the lesson worksheet. Instruct students to create combination notes during the presentation that describe the processes and structures involved in DNA replication.
  3. Ask for volunteers to identify the different features of the DNA diagram. Click to reveal the correct answers. Ask: How are the two strands joined together? Answer: by hydrogen bonding at paired bases
  4. Encourage students to recall the relationship between DNA replication and mitosis. Ask for a volunteer to go to the board to fill in the blank. Ask: When in the cell cycle is DNA replicated? Answer: in the S phase, before mitosis can start Click to reveal the correct answer. Ask: Why is DNA replicated before mitosis? Answer: so that each of the daughter cells resulting from mitosis contains the full amount of genetic material Explain that the micrograph shown here shows a human DNA molecule in the process of replication. Have students describe what the are seeing. Guide students to realize that the DNA molecule has opened up.
  5. Walk students through the diagram to describe the process of DNA replication. Emphasize that DNA polymerase joins nucleotides to synthesize a new, complementary strand of DNA. Also emphasize the role of DNA polymerase: Besides producing the sugar-phosphate bonds that join nucleotides together, DNA polymerase also “proofreads” each new DNA strand so that each molecule is a near-perfect copy of the original. Ask: How is DNA unzipped at the replication forks? Answer: Hydrogen bonds are broken. One replication fork is labeled. Ask for a volunteer to go to the screen to point out the other replication fork. Click to reveal the correct answer. Ask students how the base-pairing rules play a role in building a strand of DNA that is complementary to the original, template strand. One DNA polymerase molecule is labeled. Ask for a volunteer to go to the screen to point out another region where nucleotides are being added to build a new strand. Click to reveal the label. Ask: What are the two roles of DNA polymerase in replication? Answer: DNA polymerase joins individual nucleotides to produce a new strand of DNA and proofreads the new strand.
  6. Ask: Is a new strand identical to its original template strand? Answer: No, they are complementary, not identical. Ask for a volunteer to read the statements, filling in the appropriate terms. Click to reveal the correct answers. Emphasize that DNA replication is described as semiconservative because half of the “old” DNA is conserved in a new strand.
  7. Explain that the tips, or telomeres, of a DNA molecule are difficult to replicate. Cells use a special enzyme called telomerase to add short repeated DNA sequences to telomeres as chromosomes are replicated. Tell students that, in the micrograph, the blue structures are human chromosomes and the telomeres are stained white.
  8. Point out that the process students looked at earlier in the presentation was for replication eukaryotic DNA replication. Remind students that eukaryotic chromosomes are linear. Ask for a volunteer to point out the replication forks in the diagram. Click to reveal the labels. Ask: Where is the origin of replication? Answer: in the center of each newly forming strand Emphasize that in eukaryotic cells replication may begin at dozens or even hundreds of places on the DNA molecule, proceeding in both directions until each chromosome is completely copied.
  9. Remind students that, unlike eukaryotic DNA, the DNA of prokaryotic organisms exists as a single loop. Explain that replication in most prokaryotic cells begins at a single starting point and proceeds in two directions until the entire chromosome is copied. Have volunteers go to the board to label the parts of the diagram based on what they have already learned about DNA replication. Click to reveal each correct term.
  10. Following the presentation, allow students time to complete the lesson worksheet. As a reference, project Slide 5 “Copying DNA” while students work. Remind students that combination notes use words and pictures to help convey concepts. Worksheet Answers: Exact notes and diagrams will vary from student to student, but be sure students have covered the following concepts in their notes: Role of DNA polymerase Function of replication forks Addition of nucleotides to a new strand using an old DNA strand as a template Combination of a new strand and an original strand in newly replicated DNA Replication occurs in two directions Function of telomeres Difference between DNA replication in eukaryotes and in prokaryotes