InterPro domain: IPR024075

General Information

  • Identifier IPR024075
  • Description DNA-directed RNA polymerase, helix hairpin domain superfamily
  • Number of genes 319
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  • Associated GO terms GO:0003899  

Abstract

The single subunit DNA-directed RNA polymerase (RNAP) that is encoded by bacteriophage T7 is the prototype of a class of relatively simple RNAPs that includes the RNAPs of the related phages T3 and SP6, as well as the mitochondrial and chloroplastic RNAPs [ 1 ]. This superfamily represents a helix hairpin structural domain found in this type of RNA polymerases.


1. The phage RNA polymerases are related to DNA polymerases and reverse transcriptases. Mol. Microbiol. 10, 1-6

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