Write the different components of a lac-operon in E. coli. Explain its expression while in an ‘open’ state.
It is consists of one regulatory-gene, promoter gene, operator gene, and three structural genes (z, y, a).
Lactose/inducer binds to the repressor protein, makes it inactive so it cannot bind with the operator, allows RNA Polymerase access to the promotor and transcription proceeds, , permease, transacetylase formed.