Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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Chapter10: Control Of Gene Expression
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Transcribed Image Text:RNAP can access the lacz promoter irrespective of whether CAP-CAMP is binding the CAP O
True
O False

Transcribed Image Text:IlvY is a LysR regulator, and it helps control transcription of a neighboring gene, ilvC. IlvY can either
bend the DNA and block RNAP's access to ilvC's -35 promoter site, or it can allow access to the ilvC -35
site, thereby promoting ilvC transcription. What determines whether IlvY is repressing or activating
transcription from the ilvC promoter?
The presence of the co-inducer acetolactate - acetolactate binds to llvY and changes IlvY's shape such that it
doesn't block the -35 of the ilvC promoter.
IlvY represses ilvC transcription when the llvC protein is bound to llvY, and it activates ilvC transcription when
the llvC protein is not present to bind to llvY.
The presence of the co-inducer valine - when valine is present, it binds llvY and causes llvY to repress
transcription from the ilvC promoter.
The presence of the co-inducer acetolactate - acetolactate induces negative supercoiling at the ilvC promoter,
which represses ilvC transcription.
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