Letter R

RNA polymerase

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A polymerase is an enzyme that catalyzes the joining of many smaller molecules (called monomers) to form a big molecule (a macromolecule).

RNA polymerase is a unique enzyme that makes (synthesizes) the macromolecule RNA using DNA as the template

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