Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2011
It was found out that some compounds, for instance fungi toxins and some antibiotics can inhibit activity of RNA-polymerase. What process will be disturbed in a cell in case of inhibition of this enzyme?
Answer options
- Processing
- Translation
- Replication
- Reparation
- Transcription
Correct answer
Transcription
Explanation
RNA polymerase synthesizes RNA by following a strand of DNA. RNA polymerase is an enzyme that is responsible for copying a DNA sequence into an RNA sequence, during the process of transcription.
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