The main substrate for for Taq polymerase is magnesium chloride
deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTPs).
Polymerases are the enzymes that replicate and build nucleic acids. DNA polymerases synthesize DNA, RNA polymerases synthesize RNA. Purified polymerases are essential to carrying out the PCR reaction.
Various DNA polymerases read the DNA template during replication of DNA. Various RNA polymerases read the DNA template during transcription.
DNA polymerases
DNA Polymerases are responsible for the addition of nucleotides to the new strand of DNA, and for replacing the RNA primers.
Most DNA Polymerases and RNA polymerases have what is known as "proof-reading activity". This is the ability of the enzymes to check what bases they have added during DNA replication (in the case of DNA Polymerase) or transcription (in the case of RNA Polymerase), and if an error is found, splice it out and replace it with the correct base. The mode of action depends on the enzyme in question - some use endonucleases, and some use exonucleases; some work 5'-3' while others work 3'-5'. Also note that I said MOST polymerases have proof-reading capabilities...there are a few which do not (or don't proof-read very well).
RNA/DNA polymerases - Reverse Transcriptase. Helicase. Binding proteins. Enzymes simply act on a substrate - there are tonnes.
DNA Polymerases DNA Polymerases
Polymerases are the enzymes that replicate and build nucleic acids. DNA polymerases synthesize DNA, RNA polymerases synthesize RNA. Purified polymerases are essential to carrying out the PCR reaction.
Various DNA polymerases read the DNA template during replication of DNA. Various RNA polymerases read the DNA template during transcription.
DNA polymerases
DNA Polymerases are responsible for the addition of nucleotides to the new strand of DNA, and for replacing the RNA primers.
Dna polymerases occur in a wide variety of Descriptions.
DNA polymerases. As an incoming nucleotide base-pairs with it's complement on the template strand, a DNA polymerase adds it to the end of the growing daughter strand (polymer).
My guess is that you're thinking of DNA polymerase.
DNA polymerases
DNA Polymerases
DNA is build from another template DNA molecule using DNA polymerase, among other enzymes.