Answer as Directed. Below is the model of a lac operon. lac I lac Z с promoter operator lac Y lac A DNA +1 1. What are structural genes? Are the lac structural genes transcribed in the absence of lactose? 2. What is the role of the promoter and operator sites in the operon? 3. Is the repressor protein bound to the operator site in the absence of lactose? In its absence? 4. Under what nutritional circumstances (high or low glucose) is CAP bound to cAMP?

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Answer as Directed. Below is the model of a lac operon.
lac I
lac Z
с
promoter operator
lac Y
lac A
DNA
+1
1. What are structural genes? Are the lac structural genes transcribed in the absence of
lactose?
2. What is the role of the promoter and operator sites in the operon?
3. Is the repressor protein bound to the operator site in the absence of lactose? In its
absence?
4. Under what nutritional circumstances (high or low glucose) is CAP bound to cAMP?
5. In the absence of lactose and the presence of glucose in the bacterial growth media,
what proteins are bound to the lac control region? Is the operon being transcribed then?
6. In the presence of lactose and the presence of glucose in the bacterial growth media,
what proteins are bound to the lac regulatory region? Is the operon being transcribed
then?
7. In the presence of lactose and the absence of glucose in the bacterial growth media,
what proteins are bound to the lac control region?
8. Why is it adaptive for a bacterium to not express the genes that encode for that lactose
utilization proteins when lactose is not available or when glucose is present?
9. Why is it adaptive for the structural genes for using lactose to be under the control of a
single promoter, i.e., synthesize a polycistronic message rather than three
monocistronic message?
Transcribed Image Text:Answer as Directed. Below is the model of a lac operon. lac I lac Z с promoter operator lac Y lac A DNA +1 1. What are structural genes? Are the lac structural genes transcribed in the absence of lactose? 2. What is the role of the promoter and operator sites in the operon? 3. Is the repressor protein bound to the operator site in the absence of lactose? In its absence? 4. Under what nutritional circumstances (high or low glucose) is CAP bound to cAMP? 5. In the absence of lactose and the presence of glucose in the bacterial growth media, what proteins are bound to the lac control region? Is the operon being transcribed then? 6. In the presence of lactose and the presence of glucose in the bacterial growth media, what proteins are bound to the lac regulatory region? Is the operon being transcribed then? 7. In the presence of lactose and the absence of glucose in the bacterial growth media, what proteins are bound to the lac control region? 8. Why is it adaptive for a bacterium to not express the genes that encode for that lactose utilization proteins when lactose is not available or when glucose is present? 9. Why is it adaptive for the structural genes for using lactose to be under the control of a single promoter, i.e., synthesize a polycistronic message rather than three monocistronic message?
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