Term Information

Accession
GO:0003964
Name
RNA-directed DNA polymerase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
DNA nucleotidyltransferase (RNA-directed) activity, RNA revertase activity, RNA-dependent DNA polymerase activity, RNA-dependent deoxyribonucleate nucleotidyltransferase activity, RNA-instructed DNA polymerase activity, RT, deoxynucleoside-triphosphate:DNA deoxynucleotidyltransferase (RNA-directed) activity, reverse transcriptase activity, revertase activity, RNA-directed DNA polymerase, group II intron encoded, RNA-directed DNA polymerase, transposon encoded
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: deoxynucleoside triphosphate + DNA(n) = diphosphate + DNA(n+1). Catalyzes RNA-template-directed extension of the 3'- end of a DNA strand by one deoxynucleotide at a time. Source: EC:2.7.7.49
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0003964 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of RNA-directed DNA polymerase activity (GO:0003964)
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RNA-directed DNA polymerase activity [is_a relation] is_a  DNA polymerase activity (GO:0034061)
RNA-directed DNA polymerase activity [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  RNA-templated DNA biosynthetic process (GO:0006278)
Children of RNA-directed DNA polymerase activity (GO:0003964)
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reverse transcription (GO:0001171) [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  RNA-directed DNA polymerase activity
telomerase RNA reverse transcriptase activity (GO:0003721) [is_a relation] is_a  RNA-directed DNA polymerase activity
telomerase activity (GO:0003720) [is_a relation] is_a  RNA-directed DNA polymerase activity