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Difference between a repressor protein and a repressor operon?

tomsawyer

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11 years ago

Difference between a repressor protein and a repressor operon?

is there any difference?

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rja5200

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11 years ago

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.

tommynkell

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11 years ago

A protein is a protein. An operon is a chunk of DNA.

bio_man

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11 years ago

Quote from: tommynkell (11 years ago)

A protein is a protein. An operon is a chunk of DNA.

What? That's not true. Please disregard this pseudointellectual respone.

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