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WHAT THE PROGRAM IS ABOUT::
Many enzymes, i.e. proteins, involved in the catabolic degradation of
their substrates, are not synthesised unless the
cells are in a medium containing the substrates
for those enzymes. That means,there are known
cases where gene expression is inducible.The
model that has been simulated here exemplifies
this phenomenon.
When the bacterium Esherichia coli grows in a
medium containing, say, glycerol as the
carbon source,it synthesises only small amount
of the enzyme required for the degradation of
lactose. If, however, lactose is added to the
medium, the cells will rapidly
start to synthesise carrier
molecules (called permease) to transport lactose
into the cell and enzymes
β- galactosidase (and acetylase) to
hydrolyses lactose into glucose and galactose.
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