POLN

Gene Information

Official Symbol: POLN
Official Name: DNA polymerase nu
Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
Entrez ID: 353497
UniProt: Q7Z5Q5
Interactions: BioGRID
PubMed articles: Open PubMed
OMIM: Open OMIM

Function Summary

Entrez Summary: This gene encodes a DNA polymerase type-A family member. The encoded protein plays a role in DNA repair and homologous recombination. This gene shares its 5' exons with some transcripts from overlapping GeneID: 79441, which encodes an augmentin-like protein complex subunit. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2014].
UniProt Summary: DNA polymerase with very low fidelity that catalyzes considerable misincorporation by inserting dTTP opposite a G template, and dGTP opposite a T template (PubMed:16787914, PubMed:17118716). Is the least accurate of the DNA polymerase A family (i.e. POLG, POLN and POLQ) (PubMed:17118716). Can perform accurate translesion DNA synthesis (TLS) past a 5S-thymine glycol. Can perform efficient strand displacement past a nick or a gap and gives rise to an amount of product similar to that on non-damaged template. Has no exonuclease activity (PubMed:16787914). Error- prone DNA polymerase that preferentially misincorporates dT regardless of template sequence (PubMed:25775266). May play a role in TLS during interstrand cross-link (ICL) repair (PubMed:19908865). May be involved in TLS when genomic replication is blocked by extremely large major groove DNA lesions. May function in the bypass of some DNA-protein and DNA-DNA cross- links. May have a role in cellular tolerance to DNA cross-linking agents (PubMed:20102227). Involved in the repair of DNA cross- links and double-strand break (DSB) resistance. Participates in FANCD2-mediated repair. Forms a complex with HELQ helicase that participates in homologous recombination (HR) repair and is essential for cellular protection against DNA cross-links (PubMed:19995904). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16787914, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17118716, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19908865, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19995904, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20102227, ECO:0000269|PubMed:25775266}.

Pfam Domains GO Terms

CRISPR Data

Compound Hit Most Correlated Genes in Chemogenomics Tissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)

Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/739

Tissue	Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential
1290807.0	0/1
909776.0	0/1
bile duct	0/28
blood	0/28
bone	0/26
breast	0/33
central nervous system	0/56
cervix	0/4
colorectal	0/17
esophagus	0/13
fibroblast	0/1
gastric	0/16
kidney	0/21
liver	0/20
lung	0/75
lymphocyte	0/16
ovary	0/26
pancreas	0/24
peripheral nervous system	0/16
plasma cell	0/15
prostate	0/1
skin	0/24
soft tissue	0/9
thyroid	0/2
upper aerodigestive	0/22
urinary tract	0/29
uterus	0/5

Essentiality in NALM6

Essentiality Rank: 16133
Expression level (log2 read counts): 3.39

Expression Distribution

DNA-directed DNA polymerase activity
cyclin binding
translesion synthesis
DNA synthesis involved in DNA repair
interstrand cross-link repair
postreplication repair
double-strand break repair via homologous recombination
recombinational repair
DNA biosynthetic process
DNA-dependent DNA replication
double-strand break repair
DNA replication
DNA recombination
DNA repair
DNA metabolic process
cellular response to DNA damage stimulus
nucleolus
nucleobase-containing compound biosynthetic process
heterocycle biosynthetic process
aromatic compound biosynthetic process
organic cyclic compound biosynthetic process
DNA binding
cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process
cellular response to stress
cellular macromolecule biosynthetic process
macromolecule biosynthetic process