What is a specific region in the trp operon that you could mutate so it expresses the trp operon in conditions of excess tryptophan. Why will this mutation cause this?

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What is a specific region in the trp operon that you could mutate so it expresses the trp operon in conditions of excess tryptophan. Why will this mutation cause this?

Operon structure: promoter, operater, structural genes

promoter -  DNA region that is the site of RNA polymerase sigma binding and transcription initiation

operator – DNA region that influences gene expression through its interaction with a protein (transcription factor)

structural genes – gene whose expression is being regulated; encodes a polypeptide or functional RNA

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