Primary Identifier | MGI:2155399 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 16 | NCBI Gene Number | 77782 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables DNA helicase activity and DNA-directed DNA polymerase activity. Involved in double-strand break repair via alternative nonhomologous end joining; negative regulation of double-strand break repair via homologous recombination; and somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin genes. Acts upstream of or within DNA repair. Predicted to be located in Golgi apparatus; cytosol; and nucleoplasm. Predicted to be active in site of double-strand break. Is expressed in embryo; heart; spleen; and testis. Orthologous to human POLQ (DNA polymerase theta). PHENOTYPE: Animals carrying a homozygous mutation at this locus display elevated levels of chromosomal damage. [provided by MGI curators] |