CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Metal-dependent hydrolases
Functional Family DNA polymerase III subunit alpha

Enzyme Information

2.7.7.7
DNA-directed DNA polymerase.
based on mapping to UniProt P10443
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.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P10443
DPO3A_ECOLI
Escherichia coli K-12
DNA polymerase III subunit alpha

PDB Structure

PDB 2HQA
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Crystal Structure of the Catalytic alpha Subunit of E. coli Replicative DNA Polymerase III.
Lamers, M.H., Georgescu, R.E., Lee, S.G., O'Donnell, M., Kuriyan, J.
Cell(Cambridge,Mass.)