Protein Family Models

DNA polymerase III alpha subunit is one of the three subunits that make up the catalytic core that contains the polymerase active site

Date:

2023-02-23

Catalyzes DNA-template-directed extension of the 3'- end of a DNA strand by one nucleotide at a time; main replicative polymerase

Gene:

dnaE

Date:

2021-07-21

Catalyzes DNA-template-directed extension of the 3'-end of a DNA strand by one nucleotide at a time. Proposed to be responsible for the synthesis of the lagging strand. In the low GC gram positive bacteria this enzyme is less processive and more error prone than its counterpart in other bacteria.

Date:

2021-09-15

All proteins in this family for which functions are known are DNA polymerases. This family is based on the phylogenomic analysis of JA Eisen (1999, Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University).

Gene:

dnaE

Date:

2024-06-04