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Human (GRCh38.p14)
Description

DNA polymerase theta [Source:HGNC Symbol;Acc:HGNC:9186]

Gene Synonyms

POLH

Location

Chromosome 3: 121,431,419-121,546,007 reverse strand.

GRCh38:CM000665.2

About this gene

This gene has 13 transcripts (splice variants), 191 orthologues, 8 paralogues and is associated with 96 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchRefSeq MatchFlags
ENST00000264233.6POLQ-20187572590aaENSP00000264233.5
 
Protein coding
CCDS33833O75417-1 NM_199420.4MANE SelectEnsembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P4TSL:1
ENST00001141192.1POLQ-21387832590aaENSP00000803579.1
 
Protein coding
CCDS33833--Ensembl Canonical ExtendedGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P4
ENST00000932951.2POLQ-20587862591aaENSP00000603010.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT2
ENST00000932953.2POLQ-20787292572aaENSP00000603012.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE PrimaryGENCODE Basic
ENST00000932952.2POLQ-20686452544aaENSP00000603011.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE Basic
ENST00001079433.1POLQ-212739181aaENSP00000749239.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE PrimaryGENCODE Basic
ENST00001079430.1POLQ-2098455147aaENSP00000749236.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
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ENST00001079431.1POLQ-2103765147aaENSP00000749237.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
---
ENST00001001856.1POLQ-2083584322aaENSP00000671673.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
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ENST00001079432.1POLQ-2112114322aaENSP00000749238.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
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ENST00000683498.1POLQ-20450167aaENSP00000507534.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
A0A804HJJ9 -CDS 5' incomplete
ENST00000488282.1POLQ-203839No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
--TSL:3
ENST00000474243.1POLQ-202613No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
--TSL:5