UniProt functional annotation for P19821

UniProt code: P19821.

Organism: Thermus aquaticus.
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Deinococcus-Thermus; Deinococci; Thermales; Thermaceae; Thermus.
 
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.