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What happens in lac operon when glucose is present?
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Cyclic AMP is low, CAP does not bind to the activator binding site and transcription is turned off.
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When glucose is present, the concentration of cyclic AMP is low, CAP is unable to bind to the activator binding site and transcription cannot take place.