Prokaryotic transcription occurs in the cytoplasm and requires the RNA polymerase enzyme, which binds to promoter regions on DNA and initiates transcription. Transcription starts at the promoter and ends at a termination signal, and mRNA can be directly translated during transcription without further processing. Eukaryotic transcription is more complex and occurs inside the nucleus, utilizing five types of RNA polymerases with many subunits to transcribe different RNA molecules. The main difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic transcription is their location, with prokaryotes transcribing in the cytoplasm and eukaryotes transcribing in the nucleus.