title: Cloning, expression and characterization of human tissue-specific DNA polymerase lambda2.
abstract: DNA polymerase (POL) lambda plays an important role during DNA repair and DNA nonhomologous recombination processes. A novel POL lambda variant was cloned from a human liver cDNA library and named POL lambda2 (GenBank Accession No. AY302442). POL lambda2 has 2206 base pairs in length with an open reading frame of 1452 base pairs encoding a 482-amino-acids protein. Bioinformatics analysis reveals that POL lambda2 spans 7.9 kb on human chromosome 10q24 and is composed of 8 exons and 7 introns. It has the specific domain of DNA polymerase X family-POL Xc at the C-terminus and BRCT domain at the N-terminus. POL lambda2 was localized predominantly in nucleus in transfected L0-2 cells. It was expressed abundantly in liver and testis, weakly in ovary, and undetectably in other tested human tissues. In comparison with the expression ratio between POL lambda and POL lambda2 in normal liver tissues and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) adjacent tissues, the ratio was aberrant in 80% of those 15 HCC specimens examined due to the up-regulated expression of POL lambda. This abnormality might be involved in hepatocarcinogenesis. The recombinant POL lambda2 with His-tag was expressed as a soluble active protein in E. coli BL21 (DE3)CONDON Plus and purified by Ni-NTA resin and then desalted by Superdex-75 chromatography in an FPLC system. The analysis using isotope a-(32)P-dCTP incorporation in vitro showed that the purified recombinant POL lambda2 exhibited DNA polymerase activity.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
authors.forename: Fu
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: JianPing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ao
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: DaFang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: JianRen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: HanYing
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: YuYang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lü
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000201:enzymology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019951:DNA Polymerase beta / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000201:enzymology; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C415367:DNA polymerase beta2; D019951:DNA Polymerase beta