Question

A strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae that was formerly sensitive to penicillin has recently acquired the ability to produce penicillinase, an enzyme that inactivates penicillin. Evidence indicates that this is not a new mutation but rather a gene received from another bacterium. The gene is now spreading rapidly among the population, causing the recipient bacteria to be resistant to penicillin. Place the following steps in the order in which they most likely occurred to result in the production of penicillinase.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Transformation introduced the penicillinase gene to the strain of gonorrhea.
2. Recobination occured,placing the penicillinase gene in the Neisseria gonorrhoeae genome.
3. The penicillinase gene was replicated alongwith all of the other DNA prior to cell division,resulting in vertical transmission of gene to daughter cells.
4. The penicillinase gene was transcribed into mRNA
5. The penicillinase mRNA was translated into the protien penicillinase.

Answer 2

Answer:

There is no short answer.

Explanation:

The Neisseria Gonorrhoeae example given in the question is a bacteria. They can share different genes through the introduction of them from other bacterias or cells. The Neisseria Gonorrhoeae's resilliance the penicilin can happen in the following way;

Transformation introduces the penicillinase gene to this strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae .

Through recombination the penicillinase gene is put into the Neisseria Gonorrhoeae genome.

The penicillinase gene was replicated along with all of the other DNA prior to cell division, resulting in vertical transmission of the gene to daughter cells.

The penicillinase gene was transcribed into mRNA.

Lastly the penicillinase mRNA was translated into the protein penicillinase, thus provigind the Neisseria Gonorrhoeae with resilliance to penicilin.

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