DNA polymerase

DNA polymerase copies your DNA before a cell splits. It also checks its own work and fixes mistakes.

Fun fact

DNA polymerase is fast. It copies about fifty letters each second.

Words to know

dna
cell
enzyme

NGSS alignment

MS-LS3-1Structure & function of proteins
MS-LS1-2Inside the cell

Structure

Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry P09884. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/P09884.

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