Question

In bacteria, transcription is initiated by DNA polymerase.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was posed to me in homework.

My query is from Promoter and Regulatory Elements in Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes in section Promoter and Regulatory Element Prediction of Bioinformatics

Answer 1

Correct choice is (b) False

Easy explanation: In bacteria, transcription is initiated by RNA polymerase, which is a multi-subunit enzyme. The σ subunit (e.g., σ70) of the RNA polymerase is the protein that recognizes specific sequences upstream of a gene and allows the rest of the enzyme complex to bind.