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Suppose you have a PCR amplicon consisting of the sequence below. The primers used to generate the amplicon are: 5'AT3' and 5'GA3'. Which of the following is true?

5GACTCGAT—3 3-CTGAGCTA—5

a. If you use the 5'AT3' primer for a subsequent sequencing reaction, the sequence of the shortest fragment containing a chain terminating nucleotide is: 5'ATC3'

b. If you use the 5'AT3' primer for a subsequent sequencing reaction, the sequence of the shortest fragment containing a chain terminating nucleotide is: 3'TAG5'

c. If you use the 5'AT3' primer for a subsequent sequencing reaction, the sequence of the shortest fragment containing a chain terminating nucleotide is: 5'C3'

d. If you use the 5'AT3' primer for a subsequent sequencing reaction, the sequence of the shortest fragment containing a chain terminating nucleotide is: 5'G3'

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In DNA sequencing, sequence of any strand of DNA can be read.

The primer used should bind to the 5’ to 3’ strand of the DNA sequence. It is not binding to 3’ to 5’ strand as DNA polymerase can add nucleotides only at the 3’ end. Hence, the primer is actually read in 3’ to 5’ direction.

The Sanger sequencing fragments are shown in the image. Wherever there is a dideoxynucleotides added, there will be chain termination seen as ddNTPs lack the 3’ OH group required by DNA polymerase to add nucleotides. The shortest fragment will be the one in which ddCTP is added. This is because C is the next nucleotide to be added after the primer by DNA polymerase. The primer sequence will always be seen in the fragments produced as primers are used by DNA polymerase to add nucleotides. They are not cleaved off after the reaction. Hence, 5’C3’ or 5’G3’ cannot be the fragment seen.

The sequence cannot be 3'TAG5' as primer is not binding to the 3’ to 5’ strand as DNA polymerase cannot add nucleotides to 5' end. The ddNTP has to be added after T and not after A as the 3' nucleotide of the primer is T (5'AT3')

Right answer:

a. If you use the 5'AT3' primer for a subsequent sequencing reaction, the sequence of the shortest fragment containing a chain terminating nucleotide is: 5'ATC3'.

Primer is 5 AT 3 or 3TA 5 Sequence 5 - GACTCGAT-3 3 - CTGAGCTA -5 3- TA-5 5- GACTCGAT -3 Fragments obtained after

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