♠️ 5 3 Next To 6 0

21 DNA replications needs a source of energy to proceed, this energy is gained by cleaving the 5'-triphosphate of the nucleotide that is added to the existing DNA chain. Any alternative polymerase mechanism needs to account for the source of the energy required for adding a nucleotide. The simplest way one can imagine to perform reverse 3'-5 .

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