NEETZoologyMolecular Basis of Inheritance
In which organisms are structural genes mostly polycistronic?
Options
- ABacteria and prokaryotes
- BEukaryotes
- CmRNA
- DtRNA
Correct answer
A. Bacteria and prokaryotes
Step-by-step solution
Though there is no ambiguity that the genes are located on the DNA, it is difficult to literally define a gene in terms of DNA sequence. The DNA sequence coding for tRNA or rRNA molecules also defines a gene. However by defining a cistron as a segment of DNA coding for a polypeptide, the structural gene in a transcription unit could be said as monocistronic (mostly in eukaryotes) or polycistronic (mostly in bacteria or prokaryotes). In eukaryotes, the monocistronic structural genes have interrupted coding sequences