polymerase
Noun
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An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA (synset 115008937)
is a type of: enzyme - any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactionssubtypes:
- dna polymerase - the enzyme responsible for DNA replication
- rna polymerase, transcriptase - the enzyme that copies DNA into RNA
- reverse transcriptase - a polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA using RNA as a template; found especially in retroviruses
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