DNA polymerase iota

POLI
Identifiers
AliasesPOLI, RAD30B, RAD3OB, polymerase (DNA) iota, DNA polymerase iota
External IDsOMIM: 605252; MGI: 1347081; GeneCards: POLI
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Enzyme activity
EC #BRENDAExPASyKEGGMetaCyc
2.7.7.7↗↗↗↗
Orthologs
DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry
SpeciesHumanMouse
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UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_007195

NM_001136090
NM_001289515
NM_001289516
NM_011972

RefSeq (protein)
Location (UCSC)n/aChr 18: 70.64 – 70.66 Mb
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DNA polymerase iota is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the POLI gene. It is found in higher eukaryotes, and is believed to have arisen from a gene duplication from Pol η. Pol ι, is a Y family polymerase that is involved in translesion synthesis. It can bypass 6-4 pyrimidine adducts and abasic sites and has a high frequency of wrong base incorporation. Like many other Y family polymerases, Pol ι has low processivity, a large DNA binding pocket, and doesn't undergo conformational changes when DNA binds. These attributes are what allow Pol ι to carry out its task as a translesion polymerase. Pol ι only uses Hoogsteen base pairing, flipping the purines adenine and guanine to the syn conformations. During DNA synthesis, it will add thymine opposite to adenine and can add both cytosine and thymine opposite to guanine.

Xeroderma pigmentosum variant

Xeroderma pigmentosum variant (XPV) cells lack DNA polymerase eta (η). Instead these cells use DNA polymerase iota (ι). Exposure of XPV cells to UV light causes a very high frequency and unique spectrum of UV-induced mutations that can ultimately lead to malignant transformation.

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000038425 – Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. ↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ↑ Frank EG, Woodgate R (August 2007). "Increased catalytic activity and altered fidelity of human DNA polymerase iota in the presence of manganese". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282 (34): 24689–24696. doi:10.1074/jbc.M702159200. PMID 17609217.
  5. ↑ Nair DT, Johnson RE, Prakash L, Prakash S, Aggarwal AK (July 2006). "Hoogsteen base pair formation promotes synthesis opposite the 1,N6-ethenodeoxyadenosine lesion by human DNA polymerase iota". Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 13 (7): 619–625. doi:10.1038/nsmb1118. PMID 16819516.
  6. 1 2 3 Wang Y, Woodgate R, McManus TP, Mead S, McCormick JJ, Maher VM (1 April 2007). "Evidence that in xeroderma pigmentosum variant cells, which lack DNA polymerase eta, DNA polymerase iota causes the very high frequency and unique spectrum of UV-induced mutations". Cancer Research. 67 (7): 3018–3026. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.can-06-3073. PMID 17409408.

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