PANTHER Class Information   
Name:  DNA metabolism protein
Definition:  A protein that acts on DNA to modify it either topologically (e.g. bending), its base-pairing, or covalently.
Class ID:  PC00009
Parent Lineages:  protein class>   DNA metabolism protein
Child:  DNA glycosylase
DNA helicase
DNA ligase
DNA methyltransferase
DNA photolyase
DNA polymerase processivity factor
DNA strand-pairing protein
DNA topoisomerase
DNA-directed DNA polymerase
damaged DNA-binding protein
endodeoxyribonuclease
exodeoxyribonuclease
primase
replication origin binding protein
Number Subfamilies/Families:  928