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The Biochemical Reactions. 1  DNA replication begins with the unzipping of the parent molecule as the hydrogen bonds between the base pairs are broken. 2  Once exposed, the sequence of bases on each of the separated strands serves as a template to guide the insertion of a complementary set of bases on the strand being synthesized.
Before replication can take place, an enzyme called helicase unwinds the DNA molecule from its tightly woven form, in the process breaking the hydrogen bonds between the nucleotide bases. This opens up or unzips the double-stranded DNA to give two single strands of DNA that can be used as templates for replication.