Example 1 · difficulty 4/5
When lactose is added to a culture of E. coli growing in a medium without glucose, transcription of the lac operon begins within minutes. The immediate molecular event responsible for this switch is
- A. binding of RNA polymerase to the operator region
- B. hydrolysis of the repressor protein by β-galactosidase
- C. binding of the inducer to the repressor, which then detaches from the operator
- D. removal of the promoter sequence by the permease protein