Other Operons Controlled By Attenuation
The discovery of this type of mechanism to control the expression of genes in a biosynthetic operon lead to its rediscovery in a wide variety of such operons for which repressors had never been discovered. For example:
| Operon | Leader peptide | Article |
|---|---|---|
| Histidine | MTRVQFKHHHHHHHPD stop | Histidine operon leader |
| Threonine | MKRISTTITTTITITTGNGAG stop | Threonine operon leader |
| Ilv (GEDA) | MTALLRVISLVVISVVVIIIPPCGAALGRGKA stop | |
| IlvB | MTTSMLNAKLLPTAPSAAVVVVRVVVVVGNAP stop | |
| Leucine | MSHIVRFTGLLLLNAFIVRGRPVGGIQH stop | Leucine operon leader/Lactis-leu-phe leader RNA motif |
| Phenylalanine | MKHIPFFFAFFFTFP stop | Lactis-leu-phe leader RNA motif |
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