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Ch. 16 questions
Microbiology
Question | Answer |
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When do bacteria normally regulate gene expression? | during transcription |
How is the lac operon induced? | lactose combines with lac repressor to inactivate it--RNA polymerase can then bind to the promoter and transcribe the lac operon |
How is the tryptophan operon repressed? | tryptophan binds to trp operon aporepressor fo form active complex--binds to trp operator and prevents RNA polymerase binding and transcription |
Describe feedback inhibition | associated with repressible operons where end product of peron pathway makes a complex with aporepressor to inhibit transcription |
Give 2 ways that inducible and repressible expression control differs | inducible--turn on expression--repressible--turn expression off--repressible systems have fine control over how much expression occurs |
What is a function of proteases? | rid the cell of unwanted proteins |