You are studying the regulation of the enzyme 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (3PGD). This is the first enzyme in the production of the amino acid serine. You have discovered a positive regulator that controls the production of 3PGD and responds to the level of serine in the cell. When serine levels are low do you want to make this gene? [ Select ] When serine levels are low do you expect the regulator to be bound to the DNA? [ Select ] Does serine increase or decrease the affinity of the regulator for the DNA? [Select ] When serine is bound to the regulator how much mRNA do you think the cell is producing? [Select ] If you mutated this regulator so it no longer bound to the DNA ever what would happen to the amount of MRNA the cell made when serine is low? [ Select ]
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.
Trending now
This is a popular solution!
Step by step
Solved in 3 steps