Unit 3 Biochemistry: If the regulating gene for prokaryotes, lac operon, is bound by a lac 1 protein to repress transcription by RNA polymerase, how does it get removed?

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If the regulating gene for prokaryotes, lac operon, is bound by a lac 1 protein to repress transcription by RNA polymerase, how does it get removed?

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The lac 1 protein has a site meant to be bounded with lactose, when lactose (circle shape) comes, it bounds to the bottom of the lac 1 protein, bending the protein until it comes out of place; permitting transcription to occur.