DNA polymerase catalytic subunit (BALF5) is a 1015-residue protein from Epstein-Barr virus. This is its AlphaFold structure prediction, created 3 Jul 2025. UniProt accession: P03198.
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The mean pLDDT of this model is 89.1 (confident overall). pLDDT is AlphaFold's per-residue confidence score from 0 to 100. In MolViewer, choose the B-factor color scheme to color the model by pLDDT, because AlphaFold stores it in the B-factor column.
| pLDDT band | Meaning | Share of residues |
|---|---|---|
| Above 90 | Very high: backbone and side chains are usually accurate | 68% |
| 70 to 90 | Confident: backbone generally right | 24% |
| 50 to 70 | Low: treat with caution | 6% |
| Below 50 | Very low: often disordered regions | 1% |
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Replicates viral genomic DNA in the late phase of lytic infection, producing long concatemeric DNA. The replication complex is composed of six viral proteins: the DNA polymerase, processivity factor, primase, primase-associated factor, helicase, and ssDNA-binding protein
Forms a complex with the ssDNA-binding protein BALF2, the DNA polymerase processivity factor BMRF1, and the alkaline exonuclease BGLF5. Interacts with the putative helicase-primase complex composed of BBLF4, BSLF1 and BBLF2/3 proteins; these interactions may coordinate leading and lagging strand DNA synthesis at the replication fork
Host nucleus
Compare the prediction with experimentally determined structures of the same protein:
| PDB ID | Method | Resolution | Chains and residues |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1H15 | X-ray | 3.1 Å | C/F=628-641 |
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