🤐 Able to control 🧬 Can be switched off

repressible

8.8

Able to be turned off by another molecule or process, for example a protein that stops a gene

adjective
/rɪˈprɛsəbl/

Specialized

: reprimible

The scientist studied a repressible enzyme that could be turned off by a regulatory protein.

Examples

In bacteria, some metabolic pathways are repressible depending on the presence of end products.
Certain genes are repressible and only become active when specific conditions are met.
The gene is repressible by certain proteins.
In this experiment, the repressible genes were analyzed.
Certain genes are repressible and only become active when specific conditions are met.
The scientist studied a repressible enzyme that could be turned off by a regulatory protein.
In bacteria, some metabolic pathways are repressible depending on the presence of end products.

Synonyms

suppressible

vsrepressible

1 6.8

Something you can stop by action such as medicine

is inhibited or switched off by regulatory molecules in gene expression

Antonyms

activated

Specialized

4.5

Made more active by heat, light, or chemicals

How Repressible

silenced

4.4

repressible

Specialized

8.8

inducible

Specialized

1 7.5

constitutive

2 8.8

Surface Forms

repressible positive

Morphology

repressible = repress (semi-transparent) = repress + ible

The suffixation is regular, but the specialized biochemical sense requires domain knowledge beyond the general verb 'repress'.

Etymology

Repressible in biology comes from re- 'back' and press 'to push'. So imagine a regulator 'pressing back' on a gene or enzyme—a repressible element can be switched off when the cell wants to stop it.