CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily DNA polymerase, thumb domain
Functional Family DNA polymerase beta

Enzyme Information

2.7.7.7
DNA-directed DNA polymerase.
based on mapping to UniProt P06746
Deoxynucleoside triphosphate + DNA(n) = diphosphate + DNA(n+1).
-!- Catalyzes 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.
4.2.99.-
Other carbon-oxygen lyases.
based on mapping to UniProt P06746

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P06746
DPOLB_HUMAN
Homo sapiens
DNA polymerase beta

PDB Structure

PDB 2ISP
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Modifying the beta,gamma Leaving-Group Bridging Oxygen Alters Nucleotide Incorporation Efficiency, Fidelity, and the Catalytic Mechanism of DNA Polymerase beta.
Sucato, C.A., Upton, T.G., Kashemirov, B.A., Batra, V.K., Martinek, V., Xiang, Y., Beard, W.A., Pedersen, L.C., Wilson, S.H., McKenna, C.E., Florian, J., Warshel, A., Goodman, M.F.
Biochemistry