What are the roles of the other enzymes involved in replication and why they're necessary ?

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besides DNA pol I and DNA pol III What are the roles of the other enzymes involved in replication and why they're necessary ?

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  •  Before cells divide, DNA replication must occur.
  • DNA replication is the complete, faithful copying of the DNA comprising the cell’s chromosomes.
  • Replication is semi-conservative – each strand of the parental double helix acts as a template for synthesis of a new daughter DNA strand.
  • There are various enzymes involved in DNA replication-
  • HELICASE-  DNA helicases unwind the helix to expose single-stranded (ss) DNA, which is coated with ssDNA binding proteins.
  • PRIMASE- DNA synthesis needs a primer – it can only add nucleotides to an existing 3′ end  The primer is a short RNA strand synthesized by primase.

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