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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