prophage integrase activity

Term ID

GO:0008979

Synonyms

• integrase activity involved in establishment of integrated proviral latency

Definition

Catalysis of the integration of prophage DNA into a target DNA molecule, usually a bacterial chromosome, via a sequence-specific recombination event which involves the formation of an intasome, a DNA-protein-complex designed for site-specific recombination of the phage and host DNA.

References

Ontology

GO: Molecular Function    QuickGO    AmiGO