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Which enzyme will be produced in a cell where a nonsense mutation is present in the lac operon?
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In genetics, the mutation in which a sense codon that corresponds to one of the twenty amino acids is changed to a chain terminating codon, i.e., UAA, UAG, UGA, is known as nonsense mutation.
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The structure of lac operon is as follows:

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A mutation that inactivates the repressor gene of the lac operon results in (a) the continuous transcription of the structural genes (b) no transcription of the structural genes (c) the binding of the repressor to the operator (d) no production of RNA polymerase (e) no difference in the rate of transcription
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A bacterial cell is mutated and cannot create the repressor protein associated with the Lac operon. How will this affect the functioning of the Lac operon?
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What would happen if the operator sequence of the lac operon contained a mutation that prevented the repressor protein from binding the operator? (Explain what would happen both in the presence and absence of lactose)
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What does the lac operon consist of? How is the operator switch turned on and off in the expression of genes in this operon? Explain.
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A mutation prevents the catabolite activator protein (CAP) from binding to the promoter in the lac operon. What will the effect of this mutation be on the transcription of the operon?
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Under what conditions would you expect to see high levels of expression of the structural genes in the lac operon?
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Lactose is absent and glucose is absent
Lactose is absent and glucose is present
Lactose is present and glucose is present
None of these
Lactose is present and glucose is absent
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a mutation that leads to a nonfunctional adenylate cyclase enzyme would lead to what expression occuring at what levels to which operon?
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