DnaG
= DnaG
{c}
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>. <Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th edition by Bruce Alberts and others>[Chapters 4–7, chromatin, replication and gene regulation]{ref}