Talk:DNA polymerase III holoenzyme

Latest comment: 8 years ago by Evolution and evolvability in topic ASCII art of the gods

ASCII art of the gods edit

Just in case it is ever removed from this page and replaced with a picture, I wanted to make sure the following ASCII diagram is preserved on this talk page. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 22:26, 11 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

Diagram from 2006 to (whenever it's replaced) edit

("!" for RNA, '"$" for DNA, "*" for polymerase)

--------> 
         * * * *
! ! ! !  _ _ _ _    
_ _ _ _ | RNA   |   <--ribose (sugar)-phosphate backbone
G U A U | Pol   |   <--RNA primer
* * * * |_ _ _ _|   <--hydrogen bonding
C A T A G C A T C C <--template ssDNA (single-stranded DNA)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ <--deoxyribose (sugar)-phosphate backbone
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
         * * * *
! ! ! !  _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ | DNA   |   <--ribose (sugar)-phosphate backbone
G U A U | Pol   |   <--RNA primer
* * * * |_III_ _|   <--hydrogen bonding
C A T A G C A T C C <--template ssDNA (single-stranded DNA)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ <--deoxyribose (sugar)-phosphate backbone
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
        ----------->
                    * * * *
! ! ! ! $ $ $ $ $ $ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _| DNA   |   <--deoxyribose (sugar)-phosphate backbone
G U A U C G T A G G| Pol   |   <--RNA primer
* * * * * * * * * *|_III_ _|   <--hydrogen bonding
C A T A G C A T C C <--template ssDNA (single-stranded DNA)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ <--deoxyribose (sugar)-phosphate backbone
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $