PRIM2

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Primase, DNA, polypeptide 2 (58kDa)
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsPRIM2; PRIM2A; p58
External IDsOMIM: 176636 MGI: 97758 HomoloGene: 731 GeneCards: PRIM2 Gene
EC number2.7.7.-
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez555819076
EnsemblENSG00000146143ENSMUSG00000026134
UniProtP49643P33610
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_000947NM_008922.1
RefSeq (protein)NP_000938NP_032948.1
Location (UCSC)Chr 6:
57.18 – 57.51 Mb
Chr 1:
33.45 – 33.67 Mb
PubMed search

DNA primase large subunit is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PRIM2 gene.[1][2]

The replication of DNA in eukaryotic cells is carried out by a complex chromosomal replication apparatus, in which DNA polymerase alpha and primase are two key enzymatic components. Primase, which is a heterodimer of a small subunit and a large subunit, synthesizes small RNA primers for the Okazaki fragments made during discontinuous DNA replication. The protein encoded by this gene is the large, 58 kDa primase subunit.[2]

References

  1. Shiratori A, Okumura K, Nogami M, Taguchi H, Onozaki T, Inoue T, Ando T, Shibata T, Izumi M, Miyazawa H, et al. (Feb 1996). "Assignment of the 49-kDa (PRIM1) and 58-kDa (PRIM2A and PRIM2B) subunit genes of the human DNA primase to chromosome bands 1q44 and 6p11.1-p12". Genomics 28 (2): 350–3. doi:10.1006/geno.1995.1155. PMID 8530050. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: PRIM2A primase, polypeptide 2A, 58kDa". 

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