Polymerase responsible for protein-primed viral DNA replication by strand displacement with high processivity and fidelity. To start replication, the DNA polymerase forms a heterodimer with a free primer terminal protein (TP), recognizes the replication origins at both 5' ends of the linear chromosome, and initiates replication using as primer the OH-group of Ser-232 of the TP. This polymerase possesses three enzymatic activities: DNA synthesis (polymerase), primer terminal protein (TP) deoxynucleotidylation, which is the formation of a covalent linkage (phosphoester) between the hydroxyl group of a specific serine residue in TP and 5'-dAMP, a reaction directed by the second T at the 3' end, and 3' to 5' exonuclease activity. Exonuclease activity has a proofreading purpose