Answer: It is repressible because wild-type transcription is repressed in the presence of Compound B
Step-by-step explanation:
An operon is a segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes, an operator gene, and a regulatory gene. In other words you can say it is the functional unit of transcription and gene regulations.
There are 3 types of operons
1) inducible operon- this system is a regulated unit of genetic material which is switched on in response to the presence of a chemical. Means that transcription is turned on when a specific molecule is present.
2) Repressible Operon: in this system, transcription stops when the repressor gene product is activated and the sufficient amounts of the gene product inhibit further transcription.
The third is Constitutive Operon: in this case, the amount of gene product is constant.