UniProt functional annotation for P21189

UniProt code: P21189.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: Thought to be involved in DNA repair and/or mutagenesis. Its processivity is enhanced by the beta sliding clamp (dnaN) and clamp loader (PubMed:1999435, PubMed:1534562). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:1534562, ECO:0000269|PubMed:1999435}.
 
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;
Activity regulation: DNA polymerase II activity is regulated by the lexA gene during the SOS response.
Similarity: Belongs to the DNA polymerase type-B family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.