TLS Online TPP Program

#Question id: 4340


There is a mutation that is found in E. coli in the repressor that results in a molecule known as a super-repressor because it represses the lac operon permanently. Which of the following characteristics would you expect to observe in such a mutant?

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  1. It cannot bind to the operator.

  2. It cannot make a functional repressor.

  3. It cannot bind to the inducer.

  4. It makes a repressor that binds CAP.