The L-arabinose operon, also called ara, is an operon required to break down the sugar L-arabinose in E. coli. This operon contains 3 structural genes in the following order, araB, araA, araD and expression is controlled by the product of a repressor called araC and the CAP protein which is regulated by cAMP in the same way as it is for the lactose operon. From the available information here, draw a schematic of what this operon might look like when glucose levels are low and arabinose levels are high. Include the relevant proteins and their effector molecules, the promoter, operator, and structural genes. Note if the operon is being transcribed or not.
Gene Interactions
When the expression of a single trait is influenced by two or more different non-allelic genes, it is termed as genetic interaction. According to Mendel's law of inheritance, each gene functions in its own way and does not depend on the function of another gene, i.e., a single gene controls each of seven characteristics considered, but the complex contribution of many different genes determine many traits of an organism.
Gene Expression
Gene expression is a process by which the instructions present in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are converted into useful molecules such as proteins, and functional messenger ribonucleic (mRNA) molecules in the case of non-protein-coding genes.
The L-arabinose operon, also called ara, is an operon required to break down the sugar L-arabinose in E. coli. This operon contains 3 structural genes in the following order, araB, araA, araD and expression is controlled by the product of a repressor called araC and the CAP protein which is regulated by cAMP in the same way as it is for the lactose operon. From the available information here, draw a schematic of what this operon might look like when glucose levels are low and arabinose levels are high. Include the relevant proteins and their effector molecules, the promoter, operator, and structural genes.
Note if the operon is being transcribed or not.
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