Bio 169 2003 Exam 2
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Biology 169 -- Exam 2
February 25, 2003
Answer each question, noting carefully the instructions for each.
Repeat: Read the instructions for each question before answering!!!
Be as specific and concise as possible in each answer,
noting the suggested length limits described for each problem.
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1. (3 points) What important property of the cell cycle was shown by fusing cells in G1 or cells in
G2 with cells in S phase (1 or 2 sentences)?
2. (3 points) Describe an important difference between the cyclin dependent kinases that control the
mammalian and yeast cell cycle (1 sentence).
3. (4 points) S. pombe cdc2 mutants and S. cerevisiae cdc28 temperature sensitive mutants arrest at
different points in the cell cycle. At what point does each of these mutants arrest? Explain why they
arrest at different cell-cycle phases (2 sentences).
4. (3 points) What activity prevents the re-initiation of origins of replication during S and G2 phase,
and at what time during the cell cycle is this activity removed (2 sentences)?
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5. (2 points) Human genes that regulate the cell cycle were first isolated by (circle one):
a. Biochemical purification
b. Complementation of yeast mutants
c. Complementation of Xenopus mutants
d. Positional cloning
6. (3 points) Describe the difference between a centromere and a kinetochore, and the role they play
together during the cell cycle (2 sentences).
7. (2 points) Circle all of the following true statements about eukaryotic S phase.
a. There is a single origin of replication in the genome.
b. All chromosomes must have at least one origin of replication.
c. Each chromosome is replicated twice during S phase of a mitotic cell cycle.
d. There are multiple origins of replication in the genome.
8. (5 points) Investigators found that cyclin B concentration rises and falls in synchrony with mitotic
events and MPF activity. However, correlation is not causality. How did they show that cyclin B was
responsible for these cell cycle events (4-5 sentences)?
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9. (2 points) Circle any of the following statements that are consistent with the
known action of the p21 family of cdk inhibitors (i.e. there could be more
than one).
a. over expression arrests mammalian cells in G1 phase
b. prevent the transcription of cdk genes
c. simultaneously bind cyclin and cdk
d. interact only with unbound cdk proteins
10. (2 points) Mitotic cyclin levels in early Xenopus embryos are regulated by (circle
the best answer):
a. phosphorylation
b. synthesis and degradation of their mRNAs
c. ubiquitination by APC during mitosis
d. transcription by MPF
11. (2 points) Circle any of the following statements that are consistent with the
known action of the S. pombe wee1 protein (i.e. there could be more than one).
a. phosphorylates cdc2 on Tyr15
b. phosphorylates cdc2 on Thr 161
c. inhibits the kinase activity of cdc2 protein
d. dephosphorylates and activates CAK kinase
e. dephosphorylates Tyr15 of cdc2
13. (2 points) The restriction point in mammalian cells is equivalent to (circle one):
a. the anaphase stage of M phase
b. START in S. cerevisiae
c. the point at which the spindle forms
d. G2-M control in S. pombe
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12. (2 points each) For each of the following situations in S. pombe, indicate whether a “wee”
phenotype, characterized as small cells with a shortened G2 phase, or a G2 arrest phenotype would
occur (write either “wee” or “G2 arrest” on the line provided). For temperature sensitive alleles (ts),
assume the phenotype was scored at the restrictive temperature.
ts mutation of cdc2
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ts mutations of cdc13
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ts mutation of cdc25
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a wee1 mutation
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expression of a cdc2 mutant that
cannot be phosphorylated on Tyr 15 _______________
expression of a cdc2 mutant that
cannot be phosphorylated on Thr 161 _______________
over expression of cdc25
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a dominant, hyperactive cdc2 allele _______________
14. (1 point) Name one stimulus for quiescent (G0) cells to re-enter the cell cycle? ____________
Name 3 molecular events that occur within cells during G1 after such stimulation (“passage through
the restriction point” is not what I’m looking for) (2 points each).
1) _______________________________________________________
2) _______________________________________________________
3) _______________________________________________________
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15. (2 points each) Assume that a wild type mammalian cell in G0 takes 8 hours to enter S phase
after addition of growth factors, and that the Restriction Point occurs 5 hours before the beginning of
S phase. Indicate by writing “YES” or “NO” whether a cell will divide at least once or not in each of
the following experimental situations.
Continuous incubation in cell culture medium containing serum
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Incubation in medium containing serum for 6 hours,
followed by incubation in medium lacking serum
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Incubation in medium containing serum for 3 hours,
followed by incubation in medium lacking serum
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Incubation in medium containing serum for 3 hours,
followed by incubation in medium lacking serum for 30 min,
followed by continuous incubation in medium containing serum
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16. (2 points) Which causes cyclin D to be over expressed in mantle cell lymphoma (circle one)?
a.
gene amplification
b.
chromosome translocation
c.
point mutation
d.
mutation of both alleles to the recessive genotype
17. (1 point) E2F controls the transcription of genes encoding proteins that predominantly act in
which phase of the cell cycle? ____________________
18. (2 points) The components of the mammalian restriction point that when mutated lead to
cancer include all of the following except (circle one):
a. cyclin D
b. p16
c. Rb
d. cdc2
19. (2 points each) Name three criteria used to establish that the RB gene had been identified.
1)___________________________________________________________________
2)___________________________________________________________________
3)___________________________________________________________________
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20. (3 points) Why did Bob Weinberg think that Ted Dryja’s strategy for cloning the RB gene would
fail (2 sentences)?
21. (2 points each) Indicated whether the following situations would tend to promote cell cycle
progression, inhibit cell cycle progression, or do nothing (use those words).
A cell with a mutant E2F that cannot bind to DNA
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A cell with a mutant pRB that cannot bind to E2F
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A cell with a mutant p16 protein that cannot bind to cdk4
__________________________
A cell with a mutant cdk4 that cannot bind to cyclin D
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Expression of a mutant pRB that cannot be phosphorylated by cyclin D/cdk4
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Expression of a hyper-stable cyclin D protein
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A deletion of the RB gene
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A deletion of both the RB gene and the cyclin D gene
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A deletion of both the RB gene and the E2F1 gene
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Over expression of the p16 gene in an RB mutant cell
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Over expression of the p16 gene in a normal cell
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