Industrial production of a form of this enzyme active at low pHs relies on Kluyveromyces fragilis (“cloy-VAIR-oh-MY-seez fra-JILL-iss”). A protocol to detect this enzyme involves alkalinization of lysosomes followed by incubation with C12FDG. A form of this enzyme active at a pH of 6 is the most common biomarker for senescent cells. The pUC19 (“puck-nineteen”) plasmid codes for an N-terminal fragment of this enzyme and is used in a molecular cloning screen that exploits the association between this enzyme’s alpha and omega subunits. PETG (“pet-G”) inhibits this enzyme, while IPTG binds a repressor protein to induce the transcription of a polycistronic mRNA that encodes this enzyme, a permease (“PERM-ee-ace”), and a transacetylase (“trans-uh-SEE-tull-ace”). The blue/white screen and other colorimetric assays rely on this enzyme’s cleavage of X-gal. For 10 points, the lacZ gene encodes what enzyme that generates glucose and an eponymous monosaccharide by cleaving lactose? ■END■
ANSWER: beta-galactosidase [accept lactase until “lactose” is read; accept LPH; accept lacZ until read; prompt on galactosidase; prompt on glycoside hydrolases, glycosyl hydrolases, GHs, or exoglycosidases]
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