Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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Author: John W. Foster, Joan L. Slonczewski
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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The process by which tryptophan represses the tryptophan operon.

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Tryptophan is an amino acid that is needed by Escherichia coli to build proteins and for its survival. Tryptophan is not available in the environment, so E.coli needs to synthesize its own with the help of five genes that constitute the trp operon. These genes include a promoter and an operator. The five genes of trp operon are transcribed by single messenger, that is, RNA (ribonucleic acid). Tryptophan is used as a building block for the synthesis of protein.

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