BIOL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Transcription Factor Ii D, Lac Operon, Tata Box

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Operator: a part of the operon that a repressor or co-repressor protein can bind to regulate transcription. Jacob and monod described first operon: lac operon: gene system that regulates lactose metabolism. Galactosidase then - gal converted to glu for glycolysis. Lactose is comprised of glucose and galactose: coli uses -galactosidase to break down lactose in order to grow. The 3 genes that code for -galactosidase are part of the lac operon. Allolactose is not made and the laci repressor protein is free to bind to the lac operator and partially blocks the promoter to inhibit transcription of operon. Blocks rna polymerase, prevents transcription of the lac operon genes, turns operon off: no -galactosidase enzyme made, no lactose broken down. Lactose present, a small amount isomerizes to allolactose, an isomer of lactose. Laci changes its shape (conformational change) and can no longer fit into the operator site, turns operon on.

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18) In your research on gene regulation in E. coli, you produce 2 mutant strains with the same phenotype: they can grow on lactose but not on glucose. To investigate these 2 mutants further, you perform a complementation test using them and discover that the diploid combination strain can grow on glucose or lactose. From this, you can deduce that:

a.)Both mutants have a mutation in the same gene

b.)The 2 mutants have mutations in different genes
c.)Glucose and lactose metabolic pathways in E. coli utilize at least one shared gene in common
d.)At least 2 different genes are required for glucose metabolism in E. coli
e.) b) and d)

19. In your research on the lac operon, you produce a unique regulatory mutatant strain of E. Coli where the lac l gene's repressor protein binding site for the operator is normal (wild-type) but its lactose binding site no longer binds lactose. The expected phenotype of this mutant will be:

a. inability to grow on lactose only medium

b. ability to grow on lactose only medium

c. blue colony color when grown on glycerol plus x-gal medium

d. blue colony oclor when grown on lactose plus x-gal medium

e. b & d

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20) In your research on the lac operon, you create a diploid E.coli strain with the following genotype (+) = wild type gene, (-) = mutant gene.

I- /O+ /Z- /Y+

I+ /Oc /Z+ /Y+
Can this diploid mutant grow on medium containing lactose as the only carbon source?

a) Yes

b) No

c) Maybe, it depends on if the Oc mutation is dominant or recessive

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1. What is the term when the product of a biochemical pathway inhibits the activity of the first enzyme of a pathway?

		feedback inhibition.
		activator inhibition.
		diffusional regulation.
		enzyme activation.

2. Through control of gene expression, prokaryotes respond to changing __________ conditions.

		internal
		protein
		environmental
		genetic

3. A protein that negatively regulates transcription by binding to the operator is known as the

		operon
		repressor
		activator
		inducer

4. During attenutation, when tryptophan levels are high, the ________ stem-loop forms and transcription ________ the trpL gene.

		1-2, ends just past
		3-4, ends just past
		1-2, continues beyond
		3-4, continues beyond

5. The process of turning on the expression of a gene in response to a substance in the environment is called:

		constituation.
		repression.
		induction.
		catabolism.

6. What is a function of some specific transcription factors?

		to bind to the promoter region of the gene to facilitate the proper alignment of the RNA polymerase
		to bind to the centromere to induce meiosis
		to bind to enhancer regions to help regulate gene transcription
		to bind to the operator to recruit sigma factor

7. How does exposing an E.coli cell to glucose affect the regulation of the lac operon via CAP?

		cAMP binds to CAP and transcription is increased.
		cAMP binds to CAP and transcription is decreased.
		cAMP does not bind to CAP and transcription is increased.
		cAMP does not bind to CAP and transcription is decreased.

8. The lac repressor protein works when mutations in the repressor gene and structural genes are:

		in cis or in trans.
		in trans only.
		in cis only.
		in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

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