UniProt Summary: 5'-3' exonuclease that plays a central role in telomere maintenance and protection during S-phase. Participates in the protection of telomeres against non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ)- mediated repair, thereby ensuring that telomeres do not fuse. Plays a key role in telomeric loop (T loop) formation by being recruited by TERF2 at the leading end telomeres and by processing leading-end telomeres immediately after their replication via its exonuclease activity: generates 3' single-stranded overhang at the leading end telomeres avoiding blunt leading-end telomeres that are vulnerable to end-joining reactions and expose the telomere end in a manner that activates the DNA repair pathways. Together with TERF2, required to protect telomeres from replicative damage during replication by controlling the amount of DNA topoisomerase (TOP1, TOP2A and TOP2B) needed for telomere replication during fork passage and prevent aberrant telomere topology. Also involved in response to DNA damage: plays a role in response to DNA interstrand cross-links (ICLs) by facilitating double-strand break formation. In case of spindle stress, involved in prophase checkpoint. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15467758, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15572677, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16730175, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16730176, ECO:0000269|PubMed:18468965, ECO:0000269|PubMed:18469862, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19197158, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19411856, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20655466}.
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
DRMBL
Lactamase B 2
GO Terms
telomeric loop formation
telomeric 3 overhang formation
5-3 exodeoxyribonuclease activity
protection from non-homologous end joining at telomere
telomere maintenance in response to DNA damage
5-3 exonuclease activity
telomere capping
DNA strand elongation
telomere maintenance via telomere lengthening
chromosome, telomeric region
interstrand cross-link repair
damaged DNA binding
double-strand break repair via nonhomologous end joining
non-recombinational repair
telomere maintenance
telomere organization
nuclear chromosome, telomeric region
mitotic cell cycle checkpoint
double-strand break repair
cell cycle checkpoint
protein-containing complex binding
nuclear body
nucleic acid phosphodiester bond hydrolysis
negative regulation of mitotic cell cycle
anatomical structure homeostasis
centrosome
DNA repair
negative regulation of cell cycle
mitotic cell cycle process
regulation of mitotic cell cycle
mitotic cell cycle
DNA metabolic process
cellular response to DNA damage stimulus
protein homodimerization activity
cell cycle process
chromosome organization
regulation of cell cycle
cell cycle
homeostatic process
cellular response to stress
CRISPR Data
Compound HitMost Correlated Genes in ChemogenomicsTissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)