Examine Figure $16.7 .$ What would be the effect of a drug that altered the structure of allolactose so that it was unable to bind to the regulator protein?
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Allolactose is an inducer molecule that binds to the lac repressor protein, causing a conformational change that prevents it from binding to the operator region of the lac operon. This allows RNA polymerase to bind to the promoter region and transcribe the genes Show more…
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