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Chapter7Operons:thecontrolofbacterialtranscription

Operonisagroupofcontinuous,coordinatelycontrolledgenesofrelatedfunctions.

Thelacoperon

Thethreegenescodingforenzymesthatcarryoutlactosemetabolismaregroupedtogetherinthefollowingorder:β-galactosidase(lacZ),galactosidepermease(lacY),galactosidetransacetylase(lacA).

TheyarealltranscribedtogethertoproduceonemessengerRNA,calledapolycistronicmessage,startingfromasinglepromoter.Eachcistroncanbetranslatedbyseparatedribosomesthatbindindependenttotheirownribosomebindingsi