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In DNA replication in bacteria, the enzyme DNA polymerase III (abbreviated DNA pol III) adds nucleotides to a template strand of DNA. But DNA pol III cannot start a new strand from scratch. Instead, a primer must pair with the template strand, and DNA pol III then adds nucleotides to the primer, complementary to the template strand. Each of the four images below shows a strand of template DNA (dark blue) with an RNA primer (red) to which DNA pol III will add nucleotides.
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In the example above, DNA pol III would add an adenine nucleotide to the 3' end of the primer, where the template strand has thymine as the next available base. You can tell which end is the 3' end by the presence of a hydroxyl (-OH) group.
The structure of DNA polymerase III is such that it can only add new nucleotides to the 3' end of a primer or growing DNA strand (as shown here). This is because the phosphate group at the 5' end of the new strand and the 3' -OH group on the nucleoside triphosphate will not both fit in the active site of the polymerase.
Diagram showing how DNA polymerase III adds nucleotides to the 3' end of an RNA primer. A nucleoside triphosphate with the base A approaches and pairs with a T on the template strand. DNA pol III first removes the two terminal phosphate groups from the nucleoside triphosphate, releasing pyrophosphate. Then, it attaches the remaining phosphate group of the nucleotide to the primer where it becomes part of the sugar-phosphate backbone.
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Thank u
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