POLG2

POLG2
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases POLG2, HP55, MTPOLB, PEOA4, POLB, POLG-BETA, POLGB, polymerase (DNA) gamma 2, accessory subunit
External IDs MGI: 1354947 HomoloGene: 5221 GeneCards: POLG2
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

11232

50776

Ensembl

ENSG00000256525

ENSMUSG00000020718

UniProt

Q9UHN1

Q9QZM2

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_007215

NM_015810

RefSeq (protein)

NP_009146.2

NP_056625.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 17: 64.48 – 64.5 Mb Chr 11: 106.77 – 106.78 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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DNA polymerase subunit gamma-2, mitochondrial is an protein that in humans is encoded by the POLG2 gene. The POLG2 gene encodes a 55 kDa accessory subunit protein that imparts high processivity and salt tolerance to the catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase gamma, encoded by the POLG gene.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. ↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. ↑ Wang Y, Farr CL, Kaguni LS (Jul 1997). "Accessory subunit of mitochondrial DNA polymerase from Drosophila embryos. Cloning, molecular analysis, and association in the native enzyme". J Biol Chem. 272 (21): 13640–6. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.21.13640. PMID 9153213.
  4. ↑ "Entrez Gene: POLG2 polymerase (DNA directed), gamma 2, accessory subunit".
  5. ↑ Lim SE, Longley MJ, Copeland WC (1999). "The mitochondrial p55 accessory subunit of human DNA polymerase gamma enhances DNA binding, promotes processive DNA synthesis, and confers N-ethylmaleimide resistance". J. Biol. Chem. 274 (53): 38197–203. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.53.38197. PMID 10608893.

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