Polimerazs
Polimerazs are enzymes that synthesize long chains of polymers, most notably nucleic acids like DNA and RNA. They achieve this by catalyzing the formation of phosphodiester bonds between nucleotide monomers. DNA polymerases are crucial for DNA replication, where they copy an existing DNA strand to create a new one. RNA polymerases are essential for transcription, the process of creating an RNA copy from a DNA template. These enzymes read a template strand and add complementary nucleotides to the growing polymer chain, typically in a 5' to 3' direction.
The activity of polymerases involves binding to a template molecule and initiating synthesis. For DNA polymerases,