What Occurs When an Inducer Is Added to an Environment

question 55

Multiple Choice

What occurs when an inducer is added to an environment containing an organism with a metabolic pathway controlled by a repressor?

• A) The inducer combines with the repressor and activates the pathway.
• B) The inducer combines with the repressor and inactivates the pathway.
• C) The inducer combines with the substrate and blocks induction.
• D) The inducer does not combine with, but functions as a chaperone molecule for, the enzyme-substrate complex.

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