When an Inducer Is Added to a Medium Containing an Organism

question 71

Multiple Choice

When an inducer is added to a medium containing an organism with a metabolic pathway controlled by a repressor, the inducer then

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

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