id | GO:0003899   Detailed information
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  name | DNA-directed RNA polymerase activity
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  namespace | molecular_function
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  alt_id | GO:0000129
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  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]
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  subset | gosubset_prok
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  is_a | GO:0034062 ! RNA polymerase activity
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  relationship | part_of GO:0006351 ! transcription, DNA-dependent
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