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What is the role of the enzyme primase in DNA replication

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The primase enzymes produce RNA molecules; the enzyme is a type of RNA polymerase. Primase does its functions by synthesizing short RNA sequences. These short RNA sequences are complementary to a single-stranded piece of DNA, which serves as its template. Primers must be synthesized by primase enzyme before DNA replication can occur.

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