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EC 2.7.7.7 Details
EC number
2.7.7.7
Accepted name
DNA-directed DNA polymerase
Reaction
a 2′-deoxyribonucleoside 5′-triphosphate + DNAn = diphosphate + DNAn+1
Other name(s)
DNA polymerase I,
DNA polymerase II,
DNA polymerase III,
DNA polymerase α,
DNA polymerase β,
DNA polymerase γ,
DNA nucleotidyltransferase (DNA-directed),
deoxyribonucleate nucleotidyltransferase,
deoxynucleate polymerase,
deoxyribonucleic acid duplicase,
deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase,
deoxyribonucleic duplicase,
deoxyribonucleic polymerase,
deoxyribonucleic polymerase I,
DNA duplicase,
DNA nucleotidyltransferase,
DNA polymerase,
DNA replicase,
DNA-dependent DNA polymerase,
duplicase,
Klenow fragment,
sequenase,
Taq DNA polymerase,
Taq Pol I,
Tca DNA polymerase
Systematic name
2′-deoxyribonucleoside-5′-triphosphate:DNA deoxynucleotidyltransferase (DNA-directed)
CAS registry number
9012-90-2
Comment
Catalyses DNA-template-directed extension of the 3′- end of a DNA strand by one nucleotide at a time. Cannot initiate a chain de novo. Requires a primer, which may be DNA or RNA. See also EC 2.7.7.49 RNA-directed DNA polymerase.
History
created 1961, modified 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