\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{vamsvams (vamsvams15)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (bio-1010u-module-1.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (vamsvams (vamsvams15)) /Subject (Bio 1010U - Module 1 Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{B3CF99} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F5F9F2} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Bio 1010U - Module 1 Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{vamsvams (vamsvams15)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/164009/cs/34373/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}vamsvams (vamsvams15) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/vamsvams15} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 27th September, 2022.\\ Updated 23rd October, 2022.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{2.28942 cm} x{2.68758 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Transcription - Key terms}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Promoter & regulatory region of DNA, where RNA polymerase other proteins involved in transcripton initiation bind \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Enhancer sequences & regulatory DNA sequences that bind transcriptions factors and enhance transcription of the gene they are associated with \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 6) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} General transcription factors & set of proteins, that bind to the promotor of a gene and are involved in initiating transcription \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Transcriptional activator proteins & proteins that bind to enhancer sequences to begin transcription \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Enhancer sequences & sequences in the DNA that are bound by transcription activator proteins that activate transcription \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Molecular interactions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Nonpolar covalent bond: Electron pairs are shared equally} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Polar covalent bond: Electron pairs shared unequally (electronegativity)} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Hydrogen bond: Weak electrical attraction between a covalently bonded H atom and an electronegative atom} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Ionic bond: Electric attraction between opposite charges due to differences in electronegativity} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Electronegativity}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Electronegativity is the tendency between atoms and their ability to attract electrons} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{- Hydrophobic interactions occur with nonpolar molecules in the presences of polar molecules} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cohesion}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Cohesion is the attraction of molecules for other molecules of the same kind} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Ex: a molecule of water sharing a hydrogen bond with other water molecules} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.05271 cm} x{1.51041 cm} x{2.01388 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Amino Acid categories}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{ac\}\} {\bf{Hydrophilic Amino Acids}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\emph{Basic}} & {\emph{Acidic}} & {\emph{Polar}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Lysine & Aspartic Acid & Asparagine \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Arginine & Glutamic Acid & Glutamine \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Histidine} & & Serine + Threonine \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{ac\}\} {\bf{Hydrophobic Amino Acids}}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{ac\}\} Alanine Valine Leucine Isoleucine Methionine Phenylalanine Tryptophan} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{ac\}\} \textasciicircum{}lots of carbon-hydrogens + not many functional groups\textasciicircum{}} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{ac\}\} {\bf{Special Amino Acids}}} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{ac\}\} Glycine Proline (group is part of a ring) Cysteine} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.64241 cm} x{3.33459 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Protein structures}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Primary Structure & Sequence of amino acids in a protein \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Secondary Structure & Hydrogen bonds causes folding of the polypeptide chain \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Tertiary Structure & R groups determines the function and formation \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Quartenary Structure & Made up of 2 or more subunits that determine the activity of the protein \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{RNA Splicing - Introns and Exons}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Removal of introns (non-coding) and leaving exons (protein-coding intact) - done by Spliceosome} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Spliceosome – binds to both the 5' and 3' ends (splice sites)} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Introns loop on itself then gets broken down into nucleotides} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Exons join each other and have no interruptions from introns} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\emph{Primary transcripts have introns and exons and depending on what's cut off and what exons are joined, protein is made}}} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.59264 cm} x{3.38436 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Key Terms}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Phosphodiester} Bond & Chemical bond (by condensation) between phosphate and hydroxyl groups from sugar groups \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ar\}\} Example & The backbone of DNA or RNA molecules \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Pyrophosphate} & Group of phosphates released by hydrolysis which creates energy to join bases to the RNA transcript \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \{\{ar\}\} Example & Adding a uracil to the 3' end of a transcript \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Transcription (brief overview)}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Central Dogma : DNA codes for RNA and RNA codes for protein, the flow of information from DNA to Protein} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Transcription: mRNA carries instructions for making polypepetides from DNA, DNA serves a template for polypoptide synthesis (transcribed from DNA to mRNA)} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{New RNA strand grows in 5' to 3' direction - DNA strand is oriented in the 3'-5'} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{3 stages: Initiation, Elongation, Termination} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Initiation}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{RNA polymerase and associated proteins bind to the DNA duplex at promoter sequences} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{- When RNA polymerase binds to the promoter region – doesn't start right away (starts downstream (abt 25 nucleotides from the box)) before starting} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{How the promotor is recognized: Promoter region needs to be identified (TATA box- green box) and bound by GTF;} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{TAP (activators) bind enhancers to recruit mediator proteins which then recruits RNA polymerase to the promoter region (can cause DNA loop - mediator complex)} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Elongation}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Polymerization Reaction - 3' -OH group attacks the 2 phosphate which get released and turn into pyrophosphates (irreversible)} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Termination}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Once RNA polymerase bumps into the termination sequences, it falls off and the transcript is released} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{RNA transcript is called the primary transcript (not processed yet) – has to go thru a series of processing steps before it can be called mRNA} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{RNA tha combines with riobsome to direct protein synthesis : mRNA} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}