I_LINE_retrotransposon

Term ID

SO:0002273

Synonyms

• I LINE retrotransposon
• LINE I element
• RII retrotransposon

Definition

Elements of the LINE I superfamily are similar to the Jockey and L1 superfamily. They contains two ORFs, the.second of which includes  Apurinic endonuclease (APE) and  reverse transcriptase (RT). The I superfamily encodes an RH (RNase H) domain downstream of the RT domain.

References

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/long-interspersed-nuclear-element

Ontology

Sequence Ontology