DISEASES

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Literature on POLB

POLB [ENSP00000265421]

DNA polymerase beta; Repair polymerase that plays a key role in base-excision repair. Has 5'-deoxyribose-5-phosphate lyase (dRP lyase) activity that removes the 5' sugar phosphate and also acts as a DNA polymerase that adds one nucleotide to the 3' end of the arising single-nucleotide gap. Conducts 'gap-filling' DNA synthesis in a stepwise distributive fashion rather than in a processive fashion as for other DNA polymerases.

Synonyms:  POLB,  E5RG65,  E5RHZ4,  E5RIJ0,  E5RJ55 ...

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