Question

What is the function of a RNA primer during protein synthesis?

Answer 1

DNA polymerase is the enzyme responsible for building new complementary DNA. However, it requires the presence of an RNA primer, which serves as a starting point for replication. Each primer is a short piece of RNA that is complementary to the original strand of DNA.

Answer 2

Hello Ravi,


◆ RNA primer -
- RNA primers are short single-stranded nucleic acid sequences which are complementary to the existing DNA strands.

# Role of RNA primer in protein synthesis -
- RNA primer functions as starting point of DNA synthetis.
- DNA polymerase can add only few nucleotides to the existing chain.
- Therefore, RNA primers are play a key role in initiation of protein synthesis.


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