Concept information
Preferred term
polymerase
Definition
- A polymerase is an enzyme (EC 2.7.7.6/7/19/48/49) that synthesizes long chains of polymers or nucleic acids. DNA polymerase and RNA polymerase are used to assemble DNA and RNA molecules, respectively, by copying a DNA template strand using base-pairing interactions or RNA by half ladder replication. A DNA polymerase from the thermophilic bacterium, Thermus aquaticus (Taq) (PDB 1BGX, EC 2.7.7.7) is used in the polymerase chain reaction, an important technique of molecular biology. Polymerases may be template dependent or template independent. They can be classified according to the biological process in which they are mainly involved: replication of genetic material, transcription or repair. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase and translated from: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polym%C3%A9rase)
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URI
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