From 33555e975c46266276c0cf13d81fe0e67bf6f4d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Aleks=20R=C5=ABti=C5=86=C5=A1?= Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2024 11:42:12 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] typo --- pages/repressors.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/pages/repressors.md b/pages/repressors.md index eca5577..79964a8 100644 --- a/pages/repressors.md +++ b/pages/repressors.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Theoretically, a single gene could keep producing a single protein indefinitely, **Repressors** enable gene regulation. They bind to specific binding sites at or near the promoter of a gene (remember, that's where transcription starts) and inhibit transcription initiation. An example of this in bacteria is the Lacl repressor in _E. coli_. Normally, it inhibits the gene for lactase production. When lactose is present, though, a modified form of lactose (allolactose) binds to Lacl, and prevents it from inhibiting lactase production. Lactase is then produced, and the lactose is digested. Lacl is then free to bind to the gene again, inhibiting lactase production until the next time lactose appears. -Binding and unbiunding a repressor can be modeled through this chemical equation: +Binding and unbinding a repressor can be modeled through this chemical equation: $$\ce{P + R <=>[k_+][k_-] P_\mathrm{bound}}$$