4yd1

Structural highlights

Function

[DPOLM_HUMAN] Gap-filling polymerase involved in repair of DNA double-strand breaks by non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). Participates in immunoglobulin (Ig) light chain gene rearrangement in V(D)J recombination.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

References

1. ↑ Nick McElhinny SA, Ramsden DA. Polymerase mu is a DNA-directed DNA/RNA polymerase. Mol Cell Biol. 2003 Apr;23(7):2309-15. PMID:12640116
2. ↑ Ruiz JF, Juarez R, Garcia-Diaz M, Terrados G, Picher AJ, Gonzalez-Barrera S, Fernandez de Henestrosa AR, Blanco L. Lack of sugar discrimination by human Pol mu requires a single glycine residue. Nucleic Acids Res. 2003 Aug 1;31(15):4441-9. PMID:12888504
3. ↑ Capp JP, Boudsocq F, Besnard AG, Lopez BS, Cazaux C, Hoffmann JS, Canitrot Y. Involvement of DNA polymerase mu in the repair of a specific subset of DNA double-strand breaks in mammalian cells. Nucleic Acids Res. 2007;35(11):3551-60. Epub 2007 May 5. PMID:17483519 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkm243
4. ↑ DeRose EF, Clarkson MW, Gilmore SA, Galban CJ, Tripathy A, Havener JM, Mueller GA, Ramsden DA, London RE, Lee AL. Solution structure of polymerase mu's BRCT Domain reveals an element essential for its role in nonhomologous end joining. Biochemistry. 2007 Oct 30;46(43):12100-10. Epub 2007 Oct 4. PMID:17915942 doi:10.1021/bi7007728