E. coli completes replication of its 4.6 x 10^6 bp genome in 18 minute…

Question

E. coli completes replication of its 4.6 x 10^6 bp genome in 18 minutes. The average polymerisation rate is closest to:

Accepted Answer

A. {'text': '2000 bp per second', 'label': 'A'}

Rate = 4.6 x 10^6 bp / (18 x 60 s) which is approximately 4260 bp per second per fork; averaged across the bidirectional replication this is on the order of 2000 bp per second, as stated in NCERT.

Answer

{'text': '200 bp per second', 'label': 'B'}

Answer

{'text': '20000 bp per second', 'label': 'C'}

Answer

{'text': '200000 bp per second', 'label': 'D'}