DNA polymerase kappa

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POLK
Protein POLK PDB 1t94.png
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
Aliases POLK , DINB1, DINP, POLQ, polymerase (DNA) kappa, DNA polymerase kappa
External IDs OMIM: 605650; MGI: 1349767; HomoloGene: 32140; GeneCards: POLK; OMA:POLK - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_016218
NM_001345921
NM_001345922

NM_012048

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001332850
NP_001332851
NP_057302
NP_057302.1

NP_001334531
NP_001334532
NP_001334533
NP_001334535
NP_036178

Location (UCSC) Chr 5: 75.51 – 75.6 Mb n/a
PubMed search [2] [3]
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DNA polymerase kappa is a DNA polymerase that in humans is encoded by the POLK gene. It is involved in translesion synthesis. [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000122008 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. Ohashi E, Ogi T, Kusumoto R, Iwai S, Masutani C, Hanaoka F, Ohmori H (Aug 2000). "Error-prone bypass of certain DNA lesions by the human DNA polymerase κ". Genes Dev. 14 (13): 1589–94. doi:10.1101/gad.14.13.1589. PMC   316741 . PMID   10887153.
  5. Gerlach VL, Aravind L, Gotway G, Schultz RA, Koonin EV, Friedberg EC (Nov 1999). "Human and mouse homologs of Escherichia coli DinB (DNA polymerase IV), members of the UmuC/DinB superfamily". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 96 (21): 11922–7. Bibcode:1999PNAS...9611922G. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.21.11922 . PMC   18388 . PMID   10518552.
  6. "Entrez Gene: POLK Polymerase (DNA directed) kappa".

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