This protein is present at every replication fork and prevents dna polymerase from dissociating, but does not impede the rapid movement of the enzyme.

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Marely Eaton

26 September, 15:31

This protein is present at every replication fork and prevents dna polymerase from dissociating, but does not impede the rapid movement of the enzyme.

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Jair Stanton · Answer 1

The DNA clamp/sliding clamp is the protein that is present at every replication fork and prevents DNA polymerase from dissociating but does not impede the rapid movement of the enzyme. It is a protein fold that serves as a processivity promoting factor in DNA replication.