A high rate of base-substitution mutations can result from a polymerases tendency to incorporate a mispaired nucleotide

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A high rate of base-substitution mutations can result from a polymerase’s tendency to incorporate a mispaired nucleotide or from its poor ability to incorporate the correct nucleotide. Use the following information about the catalytic efficiency (kcat/KM) of two error-prone polymerases to compare their ability to generate substitution mutations.Polymerase polymerase n HIV reverse transcriptase Template nucleotide T T T T Incoming nucleotide A G A G

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Fundamentals Of Biochemistry Life At The Molecular Level

ISBN: 9781118918401

5th Edition

Authors: Donald Voet, Judith G Voet, Charlotte W Pratt

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