Explain how regulation of gene expression can alter gene function.

Explanation:

The genetic information present in all cells can be  compared to a book of blueprints prepared for the construction  of a large, multipurpose building.

-At different times, all of the  blueprints will be needed, but only a small subset is consulted  during the work on a particular floor or room.

-Similarly in the case of cells all the necessary genetic information is present but but only a subset of genes is  expressed in any particular cell.

Regulation of gene expression alters the gene function in many ways.

For example in prokaryotes-

The lac operon is an  inducible operon, in which the presence of a key metabolic  substance which is lactose in this case, initiates  transcription of the  operon, allowing synthesis of the proteins encoded by the  structural genes.

In case of repressor operon: Transcription of the structural genes is controlled by a repressor  protein that is synthesized by a regulatory gene, which is also part of  the operon. It binds to the operon and blocks the movement of Rna polymerase.

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