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__________ is an enzyme that prevents telomeres from degrading by adding more repeating dna to the ends.

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Telomerase

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Telomerase enzyme catalyze the reaction of maintaining the length of telomeres, preventing it from degradation or shortening by adding guanine rich sequences towards the end of DNA. Telomeres basic function is to maintain and protect our genetic information because every time DNA replicates a short piece of chromosome is lost.

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