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Biology · 术语表

什么是 Operon, repressor, operator?

Definition 20.3 University Biology — Year 1 · 第 20 章 — Control of Gene Expression

An operon is a group of bacterial genes transcribed together from one promoter into one messenger, and so controlled together. The lac operon of E. coli comprises three genes for the use of lactose — lacZ (β\beta-galactosidase), lacY (the lactose permease that imports it) and lacA — behind a promoter and an operator, a short sequence overlapping the promoter. A separate gene, lacI, makes the lac repressor, a protein that binds the operator and blocks the polymerase. Lactose, converted in the cell to allolactose, is the inducer: it binds the repressor, changes its shape, and makes it let go of the operator. The operon is thus off unless lactose is present — negative control lifted by induction.

The lac operon. Without lactose the repressor sits on the operator and the polymerase cannot start; with lactose the inducer pulls the repressor off and the three genes are transcribed into one messenger.
The lac operon. Without lactose the repressor sits on the operator and the polymerase cannot start; with lactose the inducer pulls the repressor off and the three genes are transcribed into one messenger.

示例

Example 20.7 (Two partial diploids)

I− O+ Z+/I+ O+ Z−I^-\,O^+\,Z^+ / I^+\,O^+\,Z^-: the I+I^+ copy makes repressor that binds the O+O^+ next to Z+Z^+; inducible — the mutation is complemented. I+ Oc Z+/I+ O+ Z−I^+\,O^c\,Z^+ / I^+\,O^+\,Z^-: the only working ZZ sits behind an operator the repressor cannot bind; constitutive — the normal operator on the other copy cannot help, since it controls only the broken ZZ.

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