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                 A. Mechanism of  DNA polymerases

                3'                               5'
                     A    C    T    C   G    G      Template             O                       Template
                                                    strand             H   H                     strand
                     T   G
                5'                         Newly synthe-
                                A          sized strand              H       H
                           HO                                                           Cyt
                                 HO                                    O   H
                       P  P   P
                                                                    O  P   O H C  5'  O  Gua
                                                                                2
                                       P  P
                                                                       O           H  H  1'
                3'                               5'                              H      H
                     A    C    T    C   G    G                                      3'
                                                                                 HO   H
                     T   G     A
                5'                   G                                                             Thy
                                                  DNA poly-           O      O     O
                                HO                merase
                                      HO          2.7.7.7                                    5'     Ade
                           P   P   P                               O  P  O   P  O  P   O H C    O
                                                                                           2
                                                                      O      O     O          H  H
                                           P   P                                               3'
                                                                                            H      H
                                                                                            HO   H


                 B. Replication in E. coli

                                                             Origin of                Replication fork
                                    Old DNA strands          replication


                                    New DNA strands
                                    RNA primer


                 1.  3'
                   5'
                                      DNA polymerase III                   Auxiliary proteins
                                      2.7.7.7
                 2. 3'                                                     DNA helicase 5.99.1.2
                   5'                                                      DNA gyrase 5.99.1.3

                                                                                                         5'
                             Okazaki                                                                     3'
                             fragments     OF2           5'
                                                                3'          Single
                                                                            strand     Movement of the
                              OF1                                           binding    replication fork
                   5'                                                       proteins
                   3'                                   5'



                 3. 3'
                   5'
                                     DNA polymerase I
                                     2.7.7.7
                                                                   OF3
                                                   DNA ligase
                              OF1                  6.5.1.1         OF2
                   5'
                   3'


                 4.  3'
                   5'
                                               Replication is semiconservative
                   5'
                   3'
                                                                                                 OF3




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