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 9ICM
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Crystal structures of human DNA polymerase beta complexed with DNA: implications for catalytic mechanism, processivity, and fidelity
Pelletier, H., Sawaya, M.R., Wolfle, W., Wilson, S.H., Kraut, J.
Biochemistry