Function and Biology

Human mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma ternary complex with GT basepair in replication conformer

Source organism: Homo sapiens
Biochemical function: protein binding
Biological process: DNA biosynthetic process
Cellular component: mitochondrial nucleoid

EC 2.7.7.7: DNA-directed DNA polymerase

Reaction catalysed:
Deoxynucleoside triphosphate + DNA(n) = diphosphate + DNA(n+1)
Systematic name:
Deoxynucleoside-triphosphate:DNA deoxynucleotidyltransferase (DNA-directed)
Alternative Name(s):
  • DNA duplicase
  • DNA nucleotidyltransferase
  • DNA nucleotidyltransferase (DNA-directed)
  • DNA polymerase
  • DNA polymerase I
  • DNA polymerase II
  • DNA polymerase III
  • DNA polymerase alpha
  • DNA polymerase beta
  • DNA polymerase gamma
  • DNA replicase
  • DNA-dependent DNA polymerase
  • Deoxynucleate polymerase
  • Deoxyribonucleate nucleotidyltransferase
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid duplicase
  • Deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase
  • Deoxyribonucleic duplicase
  • Deoxyribonucleic polymerase
  • Deoxyribonucleic polymerase I
  • Duplicase
  • Klenow fragment
  • Sequenase
  • Taq DNA polymerase
  • Taq Pol I
  • Tca DNA polymerase

Sequence families

Pfam Protein families (Pfam)
PF03129
Domain description: Anticodon binding domain
Occurring in:
  1. DNA polymerase subunit gamma-2
The deposited structure of PDB entry 8d37 contains 2 copies of Pfam domain PF03129 (Anticodon binding domain) in DNA polymerase subunit gamma-2. Showing 1 copy in chain B.

PF18136
Domain description: DNA mitochondrial polymerase exonuclease domain
Occurring in:
  1. DNA polymerase subunit gamma-1
The deposited structure of PDB entry 8d37 contains 1 copy of Pfam domain PF18136 (DNA mitochondrial polymerase exonuclease domain) in DNA polymerase subunit gamma-1. Showing 1 copy in chain A.