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CUET · BIOLOGY · PYQ PAPER 2025

The production of beta-galactosidase by the lac operon is started when:

  1. A Lactose binds to the repressor protein and inactivate it, thus RNA polymerase gets access to the promoter and then transcription proceeds where y gene codes for beta-galactosidase.
  2. B Lactose binds to the repressor protein and inactivate it, thus RNA polymerase gets access to the promoter and then transcription proceeds where z gene codes for beta-galactosidase.
  3. C Lactose binds to the repressor protein and inactivate it, thus RNA polymerase gets access to the promoter and then transcription proceeds where a gene codes for beta-galactosidase.
  4. D Lactose binds to promoter and activate it, thus RNA polymerase gets full access to the promoter and then transcription proceeds where z gene codes for beta-galactosidase.
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(B) Lactose binds to the repressor protein and inactivate it, thus RNA polymerase gets access to the promoter and then transcription proceeds where z gene codes for beta-galactosidase.

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Lactose binds to the repressor protein and inactivate it, thus RNA polymerase gets access to the promoter and then transcription proceeds where z gene codes for beta-galactosidase.