Suppose DNA polymerase synthesizes DNA at a rate of 1130 bases per minute in a newly discovered bacteria and that bacteria replicates their chromosome every 40 min . Calculate the total number of nucleotides in the bacterial chromosome.

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Answer:

45200 nucleotide

Explanation:

Given that

Rate at which polymerase synthesizes DNA = 1130 based per minutes

Time taken for bacteria to replicate their chromosomes = 40 minutes

Therefore

Total number of nucleotide in bacterial chromosome = Time taken for bacterial to replicate their chromosomes × rate at which polymerase synthesizes DNA

= 1130 × 40

= 45200 nucleotides

Replication is the process by which DNA produces a copy of itself.  The total number of nucleotides in the bacterial chromosome is  45,200 nucleotides.

Given here,

Rate of DNA synthesis = 1130 bases/ minute

bacterial replication time  = 40 minutes

So,

Total number of nucleotides in bacteria = bacterial to replication time × rate of DNA synthesis

= 1130 × 40

= 45200 nucleotide

Therefore, the total number of nucleotides in the bacterial chromosome is  45,200 nucleotides.

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