PolX

• Description: DNA polymerase X, involved in DNA repair
  
  

Gene name	polX
Synonyms	yshC
Essential	no
Product	DNA polymerase X
Function	involved in base excision repair
MW, pI	63 kDa, 5.308
Gene length, protein length	1710 bp, 570 aa
Immediate neighbours	mutSB, yshB
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context

The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: template-dependent DNA polymerase, fills single nucleotide gaps PubMed, has intrinsic 3'-5' exonuclease activity for resecting unannealed 3'-termini in gapped DNA substrates PubMed

• Protein family: DNA polymerase X family

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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• Interactions: monomeric PubMed

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Database entries

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• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [2]

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Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Margarita Salas, Madrid, Spain link

References

1. Banos et al. (2008) Characterization of a Bacillus subtilis 64 kDa DNA polymerase X potentially involved in DNA repair. J. Mol. Biol. 384: 1019-1028. PubMed
2. Banos et al. (2008) Editing of misaligned 3'-termini by an intrinsic 3'-5' exonuclease activity residing in the PHP domain of a family X DNA polymerase. Nucl. Acids Res. 36: 5736-5749. PubMed