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Which enzyme will be produced in a cell if there is a nonsense mutation in the lac Y gene?

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Transacetylase

Lactose permease and transacetylase

β-galactosidase

Lactose permease

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

A non-sense mutation creates stop codon. So, somewhere in the lac y gene a stop codon will be created. Therefore, lac z gene will be translated completely but not lac y and lac a gene. As a result, only β-galactosidase will be produced.

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