RNA-directed DNA polymerase activity

Term ID

GO:0003964

Synonyms

• deoxynucleoside-triphosphate:DNA deoxynucleotidyltransferase (RNA-directed) activity
• DNA nucleotidyltransferase (RNA-directed) activity
• reverse transcriptase activity
• revertase activity
• RNA revertase activity
• RNA-dependent deoxyribonucleate nucleotidyltransferase activity
• RNA-dependent DNA polymerase activity
• RNA-directed DNA polymerase, group II intron encoded
• RNA-directed DNA polymerase, transposon encoded
• RNA-instructed DNA polymerase activity
• RT

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: a 2'-deoxyribonucleoside 5'-triphosphate + DNA(n) = diphosphate + DNA(n+1); RNA-template-directed extension of the 3'-end of a DNA strand by one deoxynucleotide at a time. 2.7.7.49

References

• EC:2.7.7.49
• MetaCyc:RNA-DIRECTED-DNA-POLYMERASE-RXN
• Reactome:R-HSA-164504
• Reactome:R-HSA-164520

Ontology

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