Repressors are inactivated either by interaction with a small-molecule inducer or by proteolytic cleavage. Why is it

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Repressors are inactivated either by interaction with a small-molecule inducer or by proteolytic cleavage. Why is it advantageous for a repressor like the lac repressor to be inactivated by binding to allolactose rather than by proteolytic cleavage?
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Biochemistry Concepts and Connections

ISBN: 978-0321839923

1st edition

Authors: Dean R. Appling, Spencer J. Anthony Cahill, Christopher K. Mathews

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