Question

What is the role of the helicase enzyme in DNA replication?

A) it breaks apart the bases
B) it adds nucleotide to the chain
C) it checks the DNA for errors
D) it ties the chunks of DNA together

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Answer 1

A: it breaks apart the base

Answer 2

So, Helicases are enzymes that bind and may even remodel nucleic acid or nucleic acid protein complexes.

It unwinds the DNA.

Step-by-step explanation:

DNA is double stranded. Enzymes that are responsible for replication of DNA can only bind to a single strand of DNA.

So the answer is... A it breaks apart the bases.