Cloning and chromosomal mapping of the human DNA polymerase theta (POLQ), the eighth human DNA polymerase.
We have cloned the cDNA for the eighth human DNA polymerase, DNA polymerase &theta;. The human cDNA encodes a putative DNA polymerase of 1762 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 198 kDa. The derived protein sequence is homologous to the Drosophila melanogaster mus308 protein product, a putative DNA polymerase-helicase involved in repair of interstrand crosslinks. The C-terminal region contains the canonical DNA polymerase motifs A, B, and C found in the family A type of DNA polymerases, which includes Escherichia coli polymerase I. The N-terminal region contains a putative ATP binding domain but not motifs for a helicase. The gene was mapped by radiation hybrid analysis to chromosome 3q within an interval flanked by proximal marker D3S1303 and distal marker D3S3576 and, based on proximity to a gene that has been mapped cytogenetically, within band 3q13.31.
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002893:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3 / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000235:genetics*; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D000097462:DNA Polymerase theta
D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase; D005819:Genetic Markers; D000097462:DNA Polymerase theta