PolX

• Description: DNA polymerase X, involved in DNA repair
  
  

Gene name	polX
Synonyms	yshC
Essential	no
Product	DNA polymerase X
Function	DNA repair
MW, pI	63 kDa, 5.308
Gene length, protein length	1710 bp, 570 aa
Immediate neighbours	mutSB, yshB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU28590

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Deoxynucleoside triphosphate + DNA(n) = diphosphate + DNA(n+1) (according to Swiss-Prot) 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

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: monomeric PubMed

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P94544

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.7.7.7

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

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

Benito Baños, José M Lázaro, Laurentino Villar, Margarita Salas, Miguel de Vega
Characterization of a Bacillus subtilis 64-kDa DNA polymerase X potentially involved in DNA repair.
J Mol Biol: 2008, 384(5);1019-28
[PubMed:18938175] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Benito Baños, José M Lázaro, Laurentino Villar, Margarita Salas, Miguel de Vega
Editing of misaligned 3'-termini by an intrinsic 3'-5' exonuclease activity residing in the PHP domain of a family X DNA polymerase.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2008, 36(18);5736-49
[PubMed:18776221] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

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