…until i read this:
“Next, the first two rNTPs complementary to the DNA bind to the active site of RNA polymerase and the first phosphodiester bond is formed.”
What the hell does any of that mean!!!
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This takes me back… Don’t know what ‘complementary’ means in this context, but the active site of RNA is where it’s processes take place. As they bind to those sites, I’d imagine that rNTP is vital to the process that RNA engages in. Actually, I think it is, but I’ve forgotten what NTP does. And a phoshodiester bond is just a type of bond between molecules, but it’s not one I’ve come across before.
I know that’s mostly useless, but it’s fun being a physicist trying to explain biology. Just got to make sure everyone knows I don’t have a clue what I’m talking about