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RNA polymerase
Sign in to saveAlso known as ribonucleic acid polymerase, DNA-Directed RNA Polymerase, DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
class of enzymes that synthesize RNA from a DNA template
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 1,051 inbound references to RNA polymerase, and connects out to nucleotide, translation and promoter.
It is catalogued under topics including EC 2.7.7, Enzymes and Gene expression.
Vinony links it to 47 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Ec no
- 2.7.7.6
- Cas no
- 9014-24-8
- Intenz
- IntEnz view
- Brenda
- BRENDA entry
- Expasy
- NiceZyme view
- Kegg
- KEGG entry
- Metacyc
- metabolic pathway
- Priam
- profile
- Pdb structures
- RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
- Gene ontology
- AmiGO / QuickGO
- Pmc
- articles
- Pubmed
- articles
- Ncbi
- proteins
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
286,583 papers- RNA polymerase collisions and their role in transcription.Transcription · 2024
- T7 RNA polymerase.Progress in nucleic acid research and molecular biology · 2003
- RNA polymerase unveiled.Cell · 1999
- Visualizing RNA polymerase dynamics.Nature cell biology · 2024
- Reconstitution of RNA polymerase.Methods in enzymology · 1996
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- polymerase
- Image
- 5iy8.jpg
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- Commons category
- RNA polymerase
- EC enzyme number
- 2.7.7.6
- discoverer or inventor
- Audrey Stevens Niyogi
via Wikidata · CC0
~22 min read
Encyclopedic overview
RNA polymerase (purple) unwinding the DNA double helix. It uses one strand (darker orange) as a template to create the single-stranded messenger RNA (green).
In molecular biology, RNA polymerase (abbreviated RNAP or RNApol), or more specifically DNA-directed/dependent RNA polymerase (DdRP), is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reactions that synthesize RNA from a DNA template.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “RNA polymerase” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.