Constitutive mutation in operator gene
For the lac operon there are two possibilities for constitutive expression mutations:


The operator is never closed.


Reason: Mutation of the repressor, so its not present, doesn't bind or binds only with very low affinity for the operon.


The repressor can not bind.


Reason: The binding site for the repressor is mutated.

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