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Title: Difference between a repressor protein and a repressor operon? Post by: tomsawyer on Sep 15, 2012 is there any difference?
Title: Difference between a repressor protein and a repressor operon? Post by: rja5200 on Sep 15, 2012 Well, an Operon consists of a promoter, operator and structural genes, so it is a whole functional unit that can be induced or repressed.
A repressor protein is a protein which binds to the operator of the operon in order to halt transcription. A "repressor operon" is not good terminology because an operon itself can be repressed or induced, so it is the model upon which a repressor acts. Title: Difference between a repressor protein and a repressor operon? Post by: tommynkell on Sep 15, 2012 A protein is a protein. An operon is a chunk of DNA.
Title: Re: Difference between a repressor protein and a repressor operon? Post by: bio_man on Sep 15, 2012 A protein is a protein. An operon is a chunk of DNA. What? That's not true. Please disregard this pseudointellectual respone. |