Commitment

The commitment of cells to specific cell fates & their capacity to differentiate into particular kinds of cells (cell has began in a direction towards a specific fate).

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Catabolite repression is exerted through a second messenger called cyclic AMP (cAMP) and the positive regulator protein called the catabolite repressor protein (CRP), a dimer.

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CAP–cAMP complex stimulates transcription of the lac operon by binding to an activator-binding site adjacent to the promoter and helping RNA polymerase bind to the promoter.

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CAP–cAMP increases the rate of formation of the closed promoter complex, CAP–cAMP provides CPC for conversion to the open promoter complex. 

Thus, the net effect of CAP–cAMP is to increase the rate of open promoter complex formation.

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CAP–cAMP binds upstream to promoters DNA and target bends the DNA considerably about 100 degrees

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Stimulation of b-galactosidase synthesis by cAMP with wild-type and mutant CAP.

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The phage genome is present in the bacterial genome in a latent form known as a prophage adopts lysogeny.