Tomato plants produce tomatine, a compound that is closely related to avenacin. Only certain pathovars of the fungal pathogen Septoria lycopersici can cause disease on tomatoes, and these pathovars produce a glucosidase that can detoxify tomatine.

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The DNA-binding domain occupies residues 1–59. It contains two a-helices separated by a turn. This is a common DNA-binding motif known as the HTH (helix-turn-helix); the two a-helices fit into the major groove of DNA

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Promoter mutations are also cis-acting. If they prevent RNA polymerase from binding at P-lac, the structural genes are never transcribed.

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Mutants that cannot be expressed at all are called uninducible. Mutants that are continuously expressed are called constitutive mutants.