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1
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Which is bigger, cysteine or glycine?

A

Cysteine, bigger R group

2
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What causes osteogenesis imperfect?

A

Point mutations in the gene for Type 1 collagen.

G replaced by T.

3
Q

What does the point mutation in osteogenesis imperfecta cause?

A

Glycine is substituted with cysteine.

Larger AA formed which causes kink in normally straight triple helix. This consequently affects the assembly of collagen fibres.

4
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What does the sulphydryl group mean?

A

Cysteine has a reactive sulphydryl group in its side chain.

Means that inappropriate disulphide bonds form between the 2 a-1 chains in the helix.

5
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What is noticed when examining the cross linked polypeptides of the mutated collagen?

A

They move much more slowly than the individual chains (normal) in the presence of SDS (detergent).

Speed of migration of proteins on electrophoresis depends on size and not charge)

6
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What are the consequences of deformed collagen?

A
  1. Weak, brittle bones, prone to fracture.

2. Bone formation through hydroxyapatite on an ordered collagen-1 scaffold is defected.

7
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What are the 2 ways to prenatally diagnose Osteogenesis Imperfecta?

A

CVS

Amnioscentesis, amplified by PCR.