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Polymerase
A
polymerase
is an
enzyme
(EC 2.7.7.6/7/19/48/49) that synthesizes long chains or
polymers
of
nucleic acids
.
DNA polymerase
and
RNA polymerase
are used to assemble
DNA
and
RNA
molecules, respectively, by copying a DNA or RNA template strand using
base-pairing
interactions.
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