BIOL 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Trp Operon, Lac Repressor, Lac Operon

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Bacteria can regulate the expression of their genes. Bacteria have the same genes, but if we look at individual bacteria or even a colony of bacteria and which genes are being made in the proteins, it turned out that it depends on their environment. Example: galactose and the enzyme galactosidase that breaks it down, so that the bacteria can use it as an energy source. The amount of galactosidase tend to be very low when there is low galactose. When we add galactose so that it can be eaten by the bacteria, it makes lot of galactosidase so that it can digest the galactose. And the way it does this, is that it has a promoter and it have a galactosidase gene. And it also has an operator that is bound by a repressor that is controlled by the amount of galactose feedback (it is the way of sensing how much galactose is present in their environment)

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In the following points, I have summarized Lac operon in Ecoli. I need to check if this is on the right track? and where does 'cleavage of disaccharides' fit into this picture?

Lactose is a disaccharide and the bacteria need specific genes to manage catabolism

1) The lacl promotor gene synthesis the repressor protein which binds to the operator gene stopping the RNA polymerase from coding the lac operon genes

2)But when lactose is present, it needs the specific genes to catabolise lactose

3) So, When allolactose (a derivative of lactose)is present, it binds to the repressor protein, the repressor releases from the operator gene

4) This allows the RNA polymerase can attach to the DNA control region

5) And drive down the operon for transcription and induction of the enzyme lacZ(beta-galactosidase) lacY and lacA which breaks lactose down into glucose and galactose

6) When the lactose is all gone, the repressor returns to the operator in a feedback loop system

True or False????? HELP

1. In the field of epidemiology, increased prevalence of a disease in a population is the universal signal that disease control and treatment are not effective.

2. Cytoplasmic membranes of prokaryotes typically contain more proteins than cytoplasmic membranes of eukaryotes microorganisms.
3. Sanger (or dideoxy) DNA sequencing produces relatively short DNA sequence data, but is by far the least expensive DNA sequencing method currently available.
4. The (italicizes) abbreviation lac Z refers explicitly to the beta galactosidase protein/ enzyme.
5. Archaeal pathogens have been linked to some of the most virulent infectious diseases. 6. A bacterial mutant that is unable to make an amino acid required for growth (relative to its wild-type strain is termed an auxotroph.
7. When counting plaques to enumerate phage particles (as in the BIOL2026 Laboratory), the plaque represents lacK, not presence, of bacterial growth.
8. Because of competition with plant roots for nutrients, microbial numbers in the rhizosphere are typically much lower than in surrounding bulk soil.
9. Chemolithoautotrophy is the strategy that facilitates the existence of biological communities deep beneath the earthâs surface and near hydrothermal vents.

10. In a primary treatment (1 Â°) system of a municipal sewage/ wastewater treatment plant, the main goal is to remove ammonium (NH4+) using specific bacterial enrichment cultures.
11. The small intestine in human is the main site of microbial breakdown of partially digested food.
12. Root nodules of legumes contain nitrogen fixing bacteria.
13. Anoxygenic photosynthesis involves using/ removing electrons from H2O.
14. Algae and Cyanobacteria utilize generally the same two-photosystem biochemical mechanisms in the light- reaction of photosynthesis.
15. In bacteria, the only known reason proton motive force is generated is to power ATP synthase in cellular respiration/ oxidative phosphorylation.
16. Anaerobic respiration is only carried out by prokaryotes, however fermentation can be carried out by both prokaryote and eukaryal microorganism.

17. The general structure and biochemical âmotorsâ of flagella are similar between Bacteria and eukaryotic cells, but fundamentally different in the Archaea.
18. Antibiotic resistance genes appeared in microbes (for the first time ever) only after human .. producing and releasing massive amounts of antibiotics to the environment.
19. Experiment by Esther Lederberg, and then later by Luria and Delbruck (that won them a Nobel prize), illustrated that genetic mutations in bacteria arose in the absence of selective pressures, rather than in response to selection.
20. Quaternary sensing is a mechanism used by bacteria to sense other bacteria and regulate gene expression accordingly (e.g. In the case of expressing the liac operon or initiating EPS production in biofilms).

The following test deals with the regulation of the trp operon of Escherichia coli. Two mutants of this operon are described: in mutant A, the operator region of the operon carries a point mutation so that it is unable to carry out its function; mutant B expresses a trp repressor protein unable to bind tryptophan. Review the principle of the regulation of this operon and then solve the following questions related to the behavior of the mutant cells using the options below.

A: Mutant A B: Mutant B C: Both of them D: Neither of them

a) _____ In the presence of tryptophan these cells behave like wild-type cells. b) _____ In the absence of tryptophan these cells behave like wild-type cells. c) _____ These cells are able to synthesize tryptophan.
d) _____ These cells are able to break down tryptophan.

e) _____ Tryptophan is able to act as an inducer in these cells.
f) _____ Tryptophan is able to act as a corepressor in these cells.
g) _____ The structural genes of the trp operon can be transcribed in these cells.
h) _____ In the presence of tryptophan RNA polymerase binds to the promoter of the trp operon in these cells.
i) _____ In the absence of tryptophan RNA polymerase binds to the promoter of the trp operon in these cells.
j) _____ These cells die if tryptophan is omitted from their medium.
k) _____ These mutants can be ââcuredââ by expressing wild-type trp repressor in them.
l) _____ These mutants can be ââcuredââ by transforming them with a wild-type trp operator.

BIOL 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Trp Operon, Lac Repressor, Lac Operon

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