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... metabolizes first one of the sugars and uses the second sugar only when the first sugar is used up. Diauxie is visible in a two step growth curve corresponding to the use of the two sugars (Figure 14.7). Example: the use of glucose and lactose by E. coli. Glucose indirectly prevents binding of the c ...
Exam V2002 - English
Exam V2002 - English

... metabolizes first one of the sugars and uses the second sugar only when the first sugar is used up. Diauxie is visible in a two step growth curve corresponding to the use of the two sugars (Figure 14.7). Example: the use of glucose and lactose by E. coli. Glucose indirectly prevents binding of the c ...
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GENETIC CONTROL MECHANISMS AND …

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... • The trp operon is an example of a repressible operon, one that is inhibited when a specific small molecule binds allosterically to a regulatory protein. • In contrast, an inducible operon is stimulated when a specific small molecule interacts with a regulatory protein. – In inducible operons, the ...
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... The repressor protein is produced by a regulator gene. The region of DNA where the repressor protein binds is the operator site. The promoter site is a region of DNA where RNA polymerase can bind. The entire unit (promoter, operator, and genes) is an operon. The lac operon is an example of an induc ...
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... • When lactose is present it induces the operon by binding to the repressor and changing its shape, causing it to faU off the operator. • When lactose is removed, the repressor goes back to its original sbape and can bind to the operator again. • Because the repressor binds to the operator, the RNA ...
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... In case you missed the point, cells use glucose in their cellular metabolism to produce ATP. They do not use lactose (a dissacharide). Therefore, if glucose levels are high, it would be a waste of ATP to produce and enzyme that breaks down dissacharides; however, if glucose levels are low and lactos ...
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... is negative control. 4. How does the Lactose Operon work? What is are the signal proteins, and what do the effect? In what situations is the Lac operon under positive/negative control? The Lac Operon is another example of negative control, where the gene is turned off until there is a signal that it ...
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... • The product of the lacI gene is a repressor, which binds to a unique sequence of DNA bases constituting the operator • When the repressor is bound to the operator, initiation of transcription of lac mRNA by RNA ...
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Gene Switches - Science Take-Out

... food source.  However, if glucose is not available and lactose (a disaccharide) is present in  the environment, bacteria can survive by switching on the genes that allow them to use  lactose as a food source.  The structural genes in the lac operon contain the DNA code that  produces three proteins. ...
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operons operons operons

... • REPRESSABLE OPERONS Usually ON/repressor usually ACTIVE Can be turned off (repressed) Genes for enzymes that make product always needed EX: trp operon makes enzymes used in essential amino acid synthesis ...
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Lac operon



lac operon (lactose operon) is an operon required for the transport and metabolism of lactose in Escherichia coli and many other enteric bacteria. Although glucose is the preferred carbon source for most bacteria, the lac operon allows for the effective digestion of lactose when glucose is not available. Gene regulation of the lac operon was the first genetic regulatory mechanism to be understood clearly, so it has become a foremost example of prokaryotic gene regulation. It is often discussed in introductory molecular and cellular biology classes at universities for this reason.Bacterial operons are polycistronic transcripts that are able to produce multiple proteins from one mRNA transcript. In this case, when lactose is required as a sugar source for the bacterium, the three genes of the lac operon can be expressed and their subsequent proteins translated: lacZ, lacY, and lacA. The gene product of lacZ is β-galactosidase which cleaves lactose, a disaccharide, into glucose and galactose. LacY encodes lactose permease, a protein which becomes embedded in the cytoplasmic membrane to enable transport of lactose into the cell. Finally, lacA encodes galactoside O-acetyltransferase. Layout of the lac operon.It would be wasteful to produce the enzymes when there is no lactose available or if there is a more preferable energy source available, such as glucose. The lac operon uses a two-part control mechanism to ensure that the cell expends energy producing the enzymes encoded by the lac operon only when necessary. In the absence of lactose, the lac repressor halts production of the enzymes encoded by the lac operon. In the presence of glucose, the catabolite activator protein (CAP), required for production of the enzymes, remains inactive, and EIIAGlc shuts down lactose permease to prevent transport of lactose into the cell. This dual control mechanism causes the sequential utilization of glucose and lactose in two distinct growth phases, known as diauxie.
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