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What are the two major components of prokaryotic RNA polymerase? How do they act?

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Bacterial (prokaryotic) RNA polymerase consists of two major components, the core enzyme and the sigma subunit. The core enzyme `(beta^(1),beta, and alpha)` is responsible for RNA synthesis whereas a sigma subunit is responsible for recognition of the promoter.
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