(= telomerase reverse transcriptase; hEST2) The protein subunit (123 kD) that catalyses telomeric DNA extension has sequence and functional characteristics of a reverse transcriptase related to retrotransposon and retroviral reverse transcriptases. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae homologue has been found and subsequently identified as EST2 (ever shorter telomeres).
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