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

a
Transacetylase
b
Lactose permease and transacetylase
c
β-galactosidase
d
Lactose permease

detailed solution

Correct option is C

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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