AP BIOLOGY

THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE

DNA REPLICATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The enzyme that comes first temporarily gets the single strand ready to add new nucleotides is called “The Initializer” or
A
Helicase
B
Primase
C
Polymerase
D
Nuclease
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Primase acts to initialize DNA synthesis.

Detailed explanation-2: -One of the key molecules in DNA replication is the enzyme DNA polymerase. DNA polymerases are responsible for synthesizing DNA: they add nucleotides one by one to the growing DNA chain, incorporating only those that are complementary to the template.

Detailed explanation-3: -<p>helicase</p> Known as the initializer (starter), it makes the primer, so DNA can determine where to begin work. ligase.

Detailed explanation-4: -DNA primases are enzymes whose continual activity is required at the DNA replication fork. They catalyze the synthesis of short RNA molecules used as primers for DNA polymerases. Primers are synthesized from ribonucleoside triphosphates and are four to fifteen nucleotides long.

Detailed explanation-5: -Primase is the ssDNA-dependent RNA polymerase that synthesizes RNA primers during DNA replication. In common with all DNA and RNA polymerases, primase has structural and functional features involved in polymer elongation. As RNA polymerase, it has structural and functional features for initiating chain synthesis.

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