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UniProt functional annotation for P19821 | ||
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| UniProt code: P19821. |
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| Organism: | |
Thermus aquaticus. |
| Taxonomy: | |
Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus. |
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| Catalytic activity: | |
Reaction=a 2'-deoxyribonucleoside 5'-triphosphate + DNA(n) = diphosphate + DNA(n+1); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:22508, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:11130, Rhea:RHEA-COMP:11131, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:61560, ChEBI:CHEBI:83828; EC=2.7.7.7; |
| Biotechnology: | |
Used in the PCR method because of its high thermostability. Has a relatively high error rate because it lacks exonuclease proofreading functionality. |
| Similarity: | |
Belongs to the DNA polymerase type-A family. {ECO:0000305}. |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.