Dna

Question 1

What kind of strands does dna have

Answer 1

Anti parallel

Question 2

What does DNA polymerase do

Answer 2

• DNA polymerase is an enzyme with a specific shaped active site which can only bind to substrate with
a complementary shape
• Can only bind to and add nucleotides to the phosphate (3’) end of the developing strand (so works in a
5’ to 3’ direction)