BIOLOGY
NUCLEIC ACIDS
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Question
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The enzyme that unwinds and unzips the DNA to prepare for replication
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helicase
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replicase
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polymerase
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synthase
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -During DNA replication, an enzyme called DNA helicase “unzips” the molecule of double-stranded DNA.
Detailed explanation-2: -Helicases are essential enzymes involved in all aspects of nucleic acid metabolism including DNA replication, repair, recombination, transcription, ribosome biogenesis and RNA processing, translation, and decay.
Detailed explanation-3: -DNA helicases are a highly conserved group of enzymes that unwind DNA. They function in all processes in which access to single-stranded DNA is required, including DNA replication, DNA repair and recombination, and transcription of RNA.
Detailed explanation-4: -Helicases unwind and separate the DNA strands to make way for the duplication machinery.
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