Inactive Tutor answered 06/19/21
If the repressor protein can no longer bond to the operator, RNA polymerase would transcribe the genes continually with or without the allolactose inducer molecule.
Lala K.
asked 06/17/21How would the lac operon be impacted if the repressor protein was mutated so that it could not ever bind to the operator?
Use any of the following terms that apply in your explanation: inducer, corepressor, operon, repressor protein, RNA polymerase, genes, promoter.
Inactive Tutor answered 06/19/21
If the repressor protein can no longer bond to the operator, RNA polymerase would transcribe the genes continually with or without the allolactose inducer molecule.
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