Multiple choice

Which of the following enzymes is primarily used in PCR?

  1. Gyrase

  2. Transcriptase

  3. Hexokinse

  4. Taq polymerase

  5. Reverse transcriptase

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D Correct answer
Explanation

It is a thermostable DNA polymerase named after the thermophilic bacterium Thermus aquaticus. It is the enzyme most widely used in the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).