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Literature on POLK

POLK [ENSP00000241436]

DNA polymerase kappa; DNA polymerase specifically involved in DNA repair. Plays an important role in translesion synthesis, where the normal high-fidelity DNA polymerases cannot proceed and DNA synthesis stalls. Depending on the context, it inserts the correct base, but causes frequent base transitions, transversions and frameshifts. Lacks 3'-5' proofreading exonuclease activity. Forms a Schiff base with 5'-deoxyribose phosphate at abasic sites, but does not have lyase activity. ECO:0000269|PubMed:12145297, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12444249, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12952891, ECO:0000269|PubMed:14630940,; Belongs to the DNA polymerase type-Y family.

Synonyms:  POLK,  A0A024RAP4,  D6R9M8,  D6RAE5,  D6RAI7 ...

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