DNA Rap

(nerdy science verse)

Bases, sugars, phosphate bonds
Double helix, on and on

Need to jumpstart DNAs?
Get the enzyme called primase

When it comes to leading strands
Polymerase III is in command

The cells employ a beta clamp
So polymerase III will not decamp

And there is DNA Pol I
To help the lagging strand get done

Sending strands their separate ways
Is the enzyme helicase

Protecting single strands with ease
Are a bunch of SSBs

Unwinding strands may strain the links
But gyrase helps prevent the kinks

And at the end, the job is done
When ligase makes the pieces one