Chaidh RNAP a lorg gu neo-eisimeileach le Charles Loe, Audrey Stevens, agus Jerard Hurwitz ann an 1960. Aig an àm seo, chaidh leth de Duais Nobel ann an Leigheas 1959 a thoirt do Severo Ochoa airson a bhith a 'lorg na bha e air a chreidsinn a bhith RNAP, ach an àite sin thàinig e a-mach gu bhith na polynucleotide phosphorylase.
Charles Loe, Audrey Stevens, agus Jerard Hurwitz