Table 5.
Types of polymerizing machines, the templates that dictate the sequence of monomers of the polymeric products, and the corresponding function
| Machine (Ref.) | Template | Product | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| DNA-dependent DNA polymerase (84) | DNA | DNA | DNA replication |
| DNA-dependent RNA polymerase (85,86) | DNA | RNA | transcription |
| RNA-dependent DNA polymerase (87) | RNA | DNA | reverse transcription |
| RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (88) | RNA | RNA | RNA replication |
| Ribosome (89) | mRNA | protein | translation |