Category:GO:0003899 ! DNA-directed RNA polymerase activity

name: DNA-directed RNA polymerase activity
namespace: molecular_function
alt_id: GO:0000129
def: "Catalysis of the reaction: nucleoside triphosphate + RNA(n) = diphosphate + RNA(n+1). Utilizes a DNA template, i.e. the catalysis of DNA-template-directed extension of the 3'-end of an RNA strand by one nucleotide at a time. Can initiate a chain 'de novo'." [EC:2.7.7.6]
synonym: "C ribonucleic acid formation factors" RELATED [EC:2.7.7.6]
synonym: "C RNA formation factors" RELATED [EC:2.7.7.6]
synonym: "deoxyribonucleic acid-dependent ribonucleic acid polymerase activity" RELATED [EC:2.7.7.6]
synonym: "DNA-dependent ribonucleate nucleotidyltransferase activity" RELATED [EC:2.7.7.6]
synonym: "DNA-dependent RNA nucleotidyltransferase activity" RELATED [EC:2.7.7.6]
synonym: "DNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity" RELATED [EC:2.7.7.6]
synonym: "DNA-directed RNA polymerase I activity" NARROW []
synonym: "DNA-directed RNA polymerase II activity" NARROW []
synonym: "DNA-directed RNA polymerase III activity" NARROW []
synonym: "nucleoside-triphosphate:RNA nucleotidyltransferase (DNA-directed) activity" RELATED [EC:2.7.7.6]
synonym: "RNA nucleotidyltransferase (DNA-directed) activity" RELATED [EC:2.7.7.6]
synonym: "RNA polymerase I activity" NARROW [EC:2.7.7.6]
synonym: "RNA polymerase II activity" NARROW [EC:2.7.7.6]
synonym: "RNA polymerase III activity" NARROW [EC:2.7.7.6]
synonym: "RNA polymerase IV activity" NARROW []
synonym: "RNA polymerase V activity" NARROW []
synonym: "transcriptase" BROAD [EC:2.7.7.6]
xref: EC:2.7.7.6
xref: MetaCyc:DNA-DIRECTED-RNA-POLYMERASE-RXN
is_a: GO:0034062 ! 5'-3' RNA polymerase activity
relationship: part_of: GO:0032774 ! RNA biosynthetic process

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