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Primase vs Polymerase - What's the difference?

primase | polymerase |

In enzyme terms the difference between primase and polymerase

is that primase is an RNA polymerase involved in the initiation of DNA synthesis while polymerase is any of various enzymes that catalyze the formation of polymers of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of RNA or DNA respectively as a template.

primase

English

Noun

(wikipedia primase) (en noun)
  • (enzyme) An RNA polymerase involved in the initiation of DNA synthesis
    • ----

    polymerase

    English

    (wikipedia polymerase)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any of various enzymes that catalyze the formation of polymers of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of RNA or DNA respectively as a template.

    • See also

    * reverse transcriptase * transcriptase