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Facts about DNA polymerase beta.
Conducts'gap-filling' DNA synthesis in a stepwise distributive fashion rather than in a processive fashion as for other DNA polymerases. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | POLB |
| Uniprot: | P06746 |
| Entrez: | 5423 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| DNA polymerase type-X family |

DNA pol beta; DNA polymerase beta subunit; DNA Polymerase beta; EC 2.7.7.7; EC 4.2.99.-; MGC125976; POLB; polymerase (DNA directed), beta
Mass (kDA):
38.178 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 8p11.21 |
| Sequence: | 8; NC_000008.11 (42338452..42371810) |
Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Cytoplasmic in normal conditions. Translocates to the nucleus following DNA damage.






PMID: 10648175 by Patterson T.A., et al. Molecular cloning and high-level expression of human polymerase beta cDNA and comparison of the purified recombinant human and rat enzymes.
PMID: 7705833 by Dobashi Y., et al. Polymorphisms in the human DNA polymerase beta gene.