in proteins, certain specific orderings of secondary structure that may have a functional role and include Î²-Î±-Î² helix-turn-helix, leucine zippers, calcium binding EF hands, zinc fingers and longer orderings that take on a structural domain such as the Î²-barrel and the immunoglobulin fold.
Deoxyribonucleic acid (/diËÉksiËraÉªbÉµ.njuËËkleÉª.É¨k ËaesÉªd/ ; ËÃ¦SÉªD) dna is a molecule that carries most of the genetic instructions used in the, development functioning and reproduction of all known living organisms and many. virusesranscription is carried out by a DNA-dependent RNA polymerase that copies the sequence of a DNA strand into RNA. To begin transcribing a gene, the RNA polymerase binds to a sequence of DNA called a promoter and separates the DNA strands.
DNA polymerase is an enzyme that synthesizes new copies of DNA. It carries out this function after DNA helicase has unzipped the DNA thereby creating two single strands of DNA that can be used as templates.he result of DNA polymerase function is two copies of DNA that contain one original and one newly synthesized strand of DNA. To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member.