Which enzyme is responsible for unzipping the parental strand of DNA prior to replication?

Which enzyme is responsible for unzipping the parental strand of DNA prior to replication?

helicase

What is the name of the enzyme that builds DNA?

DNA polymerase

What enzyme is used to replicate the master?

DNA polymerase is the enzyme that carries in the daughter nucleotides, and DNA helicase is the one that unwinds the double helix to open the replication fork. While every replication fork consists of a leading and lagging strand, each fork is actually joined to another fork in the form of a replication bubble.

What does enzyme mean?

An enzyme is a substance that acts as a catalyst in living organisms, regulating the rate at which chemical reactions proceed without itself being altered in the process. The biological processes that occur within all living organisms are chemical reactions, and most are regulated by enzymes.

Why does Okazaki fragments are formed at the lagging strand?

Okazaki fragments are fragments of DNA that form on the lagging strand so that DNA can be synthesized in a 5′ to 3′ manner toward the replication fork. If not for Okazaki fragments, only one of the two strands of DNA could be replicated in any organism which would decrease the efficiency of the replication process.

What is the purpose of Okazaki fragments?

Okazaki fragments are short sequences of DNA nucleotides (approximately 150 to 200 base pairs long in eukaryotes) which are synthesized discontinuously and later linked together by the enzyme DNA ligase to create the lagging strand during DNA replication.