Transferases;
Transferring phosphorus-containing groups;
Nucleotidyltransferases
BRITE hierarchy

2'-deoxyribonucleoside-5'-triphosphate:DNA deoxynucleotidyltransferase (RNA-directed)

a 2'-deoxyribonucleoside 5'-triphosphate + DNAn = diphosphate + DNAn+1 [RN:R00379]

R00379
Reaction

2'-deoxyribonucleoside 5'-triphosphate [CPD:C00677];
DNAn [CPD:C00039]

Catalyses RNA-template-directed extension of the 3'- end of a DNA strand by one deoxynucleotide at a time. Cannot initiate a chain de novo. Requires an RNA or DNA primer. DNA can also serve as template. See also EC 2.7.7.7 DNA-directed DNA polymerase.

EC 2.7.7.49 created 1981, modified 1982