EC |
2.7.7.52 |
Accepted name: |
RNA uridylyltransferase |
Reaction: |
UTP + RNAn = diphosphate + RNAn+1 |
Other name(s): |
terminal uridylyltransferase; TUT |
Systematic name: |
UTP:RNA uridylyltransferase |
Comments: |
The enzyme requires an oligoribonucleotide or polyribonucleotide with a free terminal 3′-OH as a primer. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 78519-53-6 |
References: |
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Zabel, P., Dorssers, L., Wernars, K. and van Kammen, A. Terminal uridylyl transferase of Vigna unguiculata: purification and characterization of an enzyme catalyzing the addition of a single UMP residue to the 3′-end of an RNA primer. Nucleic Acids Res. 9 (1981) 2433–2453. [DOI] [PMID: 6269049] |
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[EC 2.7.7.52 created 1983] |
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