In bacteria, terminators come in two types: Rho-dependent and Rho-independent. 

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The Gre factors/TF11S enable the polymerase to cleave a few ribonucleotides from the 3' terminus of the RNA product, thereby allowing the catalytic site of RNA polymerase to be realigned with the 3' -OH.

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An arrested RNA polymerase can restart transcription by cleaving the RNA transcript to generate a new 3' end.

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RNA polymerase performs two proofreading functions on that growing transcript

pyrophosphorolytic editing

hydrolytic editing

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In the Pyrophosphorolytic editing, the enzyme uses its active site, in a simple back-reaction, to catalyze the removal of an incorrectly inserted ribonucleotide, by reincorporation of PPi.

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Hydrolytic editing, is the polymerase backtracks by one or more nucleotides and cleaves the RNA product, removing the error-containing sequence.

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Hydrolytic editing is stimulated by Gre factors, which both enhance hydrolytic editing function and serve as elongation stimulating factors.