CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily DNA-directed RNA polymerase, N-terminal domain
Functional Family DNA-directed RNA polymerase

Enzyme Information

2.7.7.6
DNA-directed RNA polymerase.
based on mapping to UniProt P00573
Nucleoside triphosphate + RNA(n) = diphosphate + RNA(n+1).
-!- Catalyzes DNA-template-directed extension of the 3'-end of an RNA strand by one nucleotide at a time. -!- Can initiate a chain de novo. -!- In eukaryotes three forms of the enzyme have been distinguished on the basis of sensitivity of alpha-amanitin, and the type of RNA synthesized. -!- See also EC 2.7.7.19 and EC 2.7.7.48.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P00573
RPOL_BPT7
Enterobacteria phage T7
T7 RNA polymerase

PDB Structure

PDB 1S77
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
The structural mechanism of translocation and helicase activity in T7 RNA polymerase.
Yin, Y.W., Steitz, T.A.
Cell(Cambridge,Mass.)