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#Question id: 3763


What is the function of the enzyme topoisomerase in DNA replication?

#XL - Q Biochemistry
  1. relieving strain in the DNA ahead of the replication fork caused by the untwisting of the double helix

  2. elongating new DNA at a replication fork by adding nucleotides to the existing chain

  3. reattaching the hydrogen bonds between the base pairs in the double helix

  4. building RNA primers using the parental DNA strand as a template