Question

What is the product from gene-Z?

Answer 1

Operon:

1. These are segments of DNA that carry codes for the synthesis of proteins.
2. These have different components- structural genes, operator genes, promotor genes, and regulatory genes.
3. The structural gene determines the primary structure of a polypeptide chain by having the coding sequence of amino acids in them. For example- The lac operon in E.coli contains three structural genes,i.e. Z, Y, and A.

Gene-Z:

1. It contains 3063 base pairs and codes for the enzyme beta-galactosidase,
2. This enzyme breaks lactose into glucose and galactose.