Gene Information
Gene NamePOLQ
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length2590
Protein NamesDNA polymerase theta (EC 2.7.7.7) (DNA polymerase eta)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age>4290 ( ENSG00000051341 )
Evolutionary StageCellular_organisms
AlphaFoldDBO75417
Gene CardPOLQ
Uniprot IDO75417
PfamPF00270; PF00476; PF00271; PF20470
In ASDyes
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.207680512)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ POLQ ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ POLQ ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ POLQ ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Polq ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ POLQ ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Polq ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ POLQ ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsSKIV2L, SNRNP200, DDX60, DDX60L, HELQ, ASCC3, MTREX, HFM1
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityHighly expressed in testis. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14576298}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 4X0P  (X-ray  3.91A  4X0Q  (X-ray  3.90A  5A9F  (X-ray  3.20A  5A9J  (X-ray  3.55A  5AGA  (X-ray  2.90A 
DBSNP rs34778629 
Subcellular location [CC]Nucleus {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O18475}. Chromosome {ECO:0000269|PubMed:25642963}. Note=Enriched in chromatin in response to ultaviolet (UV) light (PubMed:25642963). Binds to chromatin during early G1 (PubMed:24989122). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:24989122, ECO:0000269|PubMed:25642963}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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