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Biochemistry Metabolism of nucleic acids 5689a444

Which enzyme polymerizes Okazaki fragments?

A
DNA polymerase I
B
DNA polymerase II
C
DNA polymerase III
D
RNA polymerase
High-Yield Explanation
DNA polymerase III holoenzyme is the enzyme primarily responsible for replicative DNA synthesis in E. coli. It carries out primer-initiated 5' to 3' polymerization of DNA on a single-stranded DNA template, as well as 3' to 5' exonucleolytic editing of mispaired nucleotides Ref-D.M.Vasudevan 7/e p538

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