Question

In BPROM, once the operons are assigned, the program is able to predict putative promoter sequences.

(a) True

(b) False

I got this question in a national level competition.

My doubt stems from Prediction Algorithms in chapter Promoter and Regulatory Element Prediction of Bioinformatics

Answer 1

Correct answer is (a) True

To explain: The most bacterial promoters are located within 200 bp of the protein coding region. Hence, the program is most effectively used when about 200 bp of upstream sequence of the first gene of an operon is supplied as input to increase specificity.