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Agriculture · Q716

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 716

Q716

The DNA replicating enzyme in bacteria

A.
DNA Pol I
B.
DNA Pol II
C.
DNA Pol III
Answer
D.
None of these

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
The DNA replicating enzyme in bacteria is DNA Pol III.
The DNA polymerase III holoenzyme is a complex, multi-subunit enzyme that is responsible for the synthesis of most of the Escherichia coli chromosome.
DNA polymerase III holoenzymes (Pol III HE) is an enzyme that catalyzes the elongation of DNA chains during bacterial chromosomal DNA replication. Bacterial cells contain several distinct DNA polymerases.