InterPro domain: IPR007647

General Information

  • Identifier IPR007647
  • Description RNA polymerase Rpb2, domain 5
  • Number of genes 450
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  • Associated GO terms GO:0006351  

Abstract

RNA polymerases catalyse the DNA dependent polymerisation of RNA. Prokaryotes contain a single RNA polymerase compared to three in eukaryotes (not including mitochondrial and chloroplast polymerases). Domain 5 is also known as the external 2 domain [ 1 ].


1. Structural basis of transcription: RNA polymerase II at 2.8 angstrom resolution. Science 292, 1863-76

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