DNA Polymerase kappa / Unconjugated / Polyclonal

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Description	POLK (also known as DNA polymerase kappa, DINB protein and DINP) is involved in DNA repair. POLK plays an important role in translesion synthesis, where the normal high-fidelity DNA polymerases cannot proceed and DNA synthesis stalls. Depending on the context, it inserts the correct base, but causes frequent base transitions, transversions and frameshifts. POLK lacks 3'-5' proofreading exonuclease activity. POLK is a nuclear protein that binds to REV1L and PCNA. POLK is detected throughout the nucleus and at replication foci. Multiple alternative splice variants have been detected for this protein. POLK is found at low levels in testis, spleen, prostate and ovary and at very low levels in kidney, colon, brain, heart, liver, lung, placenta, pancreas and peripheral blood leukocytes.
Conjugate	Unconjugated
Clone	Polyclonal
Target Species	Human
Applications	ELISA, WB
Supplier	Aviva Systems Biology
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About DNA Polymerase kappa
This gene encodes a member of the DNA polymerase type-Y family of proteins. The encoded protein is a specialized DNA polymerase that catalyzes translesion DNA synthesis, which allows DNA replication in the presence of DNA lesions. Human cell lines lacking a functional copy of this gene exhibit impaired genome integrity and enhanced susceptibility to oxidative damage. Mutations in this gene that impair enzyme activity may be associated with prostate cancer in human patients. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2016]

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