Gene regulation in prokaryotes March 27, 2006
Inducible transcription: lac operon
Transcription termination by attenuation: trp operon
Transcription termination by attenuation Two possible base- pairing schemes within the mRNA at the beginning of the trp operon
Transcription termination by attenuation Not enough tryptophan amino acids causes ribosome to stall on the mRNA allows pre- emptor stemloop to form termination does not occur Moving ribosome pre-emptor structure does not form – terminator stemloop forms – terminates transcription of the rest of the mRNA
Regulation in phage lambda( )