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Biochemistry Metabolism of nucleic acids 3a938ac1

Which of the following enzymes unwind DNA?

A
Ligase
B
DNA primase
C
Helicase
D
DNA polymerase
High-Yield Explanation
Helicases are enzymes that bind and may even remodel nucleic acid or nucleic acid-protein complexes. There are DNA and RNA helicases. DNA helicases are essential during DNA replication because they separate double-stranded DNA into single strands allowing each strand to be copied Ref-Sathyanarayana 4/e p401

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