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EC 2.7.7.48 Details
EC number
2.7.7.48
Accepted name
RNA-directed RNA polymerase
Reaction
nucleoside triphosphate + RNAn = diphosphate + RNAn+1
Other name(s)
RNA nucleotidyltransferase (RNA-directed),
RNA nucleotidyltransferase (RNA-directed),
RNA-dependent ribonucleate nucleotidyltransferase,
3D polymerase,
PB1 proteins,
PB2 proteins,
phage f2 replicase,
polymerase L,
Q-&beta,
replicase,
phage f2 replicase,
ribonucleic acid replicase,
ribonucleic acid-dependent ribonucleate nucleotidyltransferase,
ribonucleic acid-dependent ribonucleic acid polymerase,
ribonucleic replicase,
ribonucleic synthetase,
RNA replicase,
RNA synthetase,
RNA transcriptase,
RNA-dependent ribonucleate nucleotidyltransferase,
RDRP,
RNA-dependent RNA polymerase,
RNA-dependent RNA replicase,
transcriptase
Systematic name
nucleoside-triphosphate:RNA nucleotidyltransferase (RNA-directed)
CAS registry number
9026-28-2
Comment
Catalyses RNA-template-directed extension of the 3′- end of an RNA strand by one nucleotide at a time. Can initiate a chain de novo. See also EC 2.7.7.6 DNA-directed RNA polymerase.
History
created 1981, modified 1982
EC Tree
2.7.7.16 created 1961, deleted 1972, [transferred to EC 3.1.4.22, deleted 1980]
2.7.7.17 created 1965, deleted 1972, [transferred to EC 3.1.4.23, deleted 1980]
2.7.7.20 created 1965, deleted 1972
2.7.7.26 created 1961 as EC 3.1.4.8, transferred 1965 to EC 2.7.7.26, deleted 1972
2.7.7.29 created 1972, deleted 2004