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polA [2020-09-29 09:54:32]
DNA polymerase I, required for repair of UV- or MMS-induced DNA damage, processing of Okazaki fragments
Molecular weight
98.89 kDa
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
Gene
Coordinates
2,973,182 2,975,824
Phenotypes of a mutant
a polA exoR double mutant is not viable (synthetic lethality) PubMedstrongly reduced stationary phase mutagenesis PubMed The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
has DNA polymerase and 5'-3' exonuclease activity, but no 3'-5' exonuclease activity PubMedmaturation of Okazaki fragments (together with RNase HIII) PubMed2'-deoxyribonucleoside 5'-triphosphate + DNA(n) --> diphosphate + DNA(n+1) (according to UniProt) Protein family
DNA polymerase type-A family (single member, according to UniProt)Paralogous protein(s)
Domains
5'-3' exonuclease domain (aa 174-268) (according to UniProt)3'-5' exonuclease domain (aa 302-470) (according to UniProt)Structure
6VDE (from Mycobacterium smegmatis, 40.5% identity) PubMed1XWL (large fragment, corresponds to AA 310 to 880, Geobacillus stearothermophilus) Localization
recruited to replication forks after induction of DNA damage PubMed Expression and Regulation
Biological materials
Mutant
GP3532 (del spec), available in Jörg Stülke's labBKE29090 (polA::erm trpC2) available at BGSC, PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CATTCAATTTCCTCCTAAGA, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAACAGAGATAGGAAGTGABKK29090 (polA::kan trpC2) available at BGSC, PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CATTCAATTTCCTCCTAAGA, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAACAGAGATAGGAAGTGA References
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