Chapter 12.3, Problem 8COQ

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The list of different proteins and enzymes taking part in bacterial replication.

Introduction:

A DNA segment when undergoes replication is termed as “replicon”. Each replicon has an “origin of replication”. Bacteria contain chromosome, have a single “origin of replication. In a bacteria, a unidirectional replication of nucleic acid occurs which synthesizes multiple copies of DNA or RNA rapidly. For example, plasmids, bacteriophages and the genome of viroids.

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The function of each different proteins and enzymes taking part in the bacterial replication process.

Introduction:

Replication contains four stages to be completed, “initiation, unwinding, elongation,and termination”. In E..coli to begin replication,various types of proteins and enzymes are required. Its circular chromosome contains a single “origin of replication ($\text{oriC}$)”.