DNA Pol II and DNA Pol III

• DNA Pol II: repair enzyme

  • repairs gaps of < 100 bp
  • 5’-3’ direction

• DNA Pol III: 1972

  • 15X faster than DNA Pol I (9000bp/min.)
  • slight exonuclease activity
  • DNA Pol III mutants do not replicate

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