The conventional E. coli primase that makes RNA primers for DNA replication.
Short RNA primers provide the free 3′ hydroxyl required by a DNA polymerase. Repeated priming is particularly important on the lagging strand, where synthesis proceeds through successive Okazaki fragments. [ref]

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