Anti-DNA Polymerase beta/POLB Antibody Picoband®

Polymerase (DNA ed), beta, also known as POLB, is an enzyme that, in humans, is encoded by the POLB gene. It is localized on 8p11.2. The protein encoded by this gene is a DNA polymerase involved in base excision and repair, also called gap-filling DNA synthesis. It is found that a truncated POLB is expressed in primary colorectal tumors and inhibits the normal repair function of wildtype POLB. The encoded protein, acting as a monomer, is normally found in the cytoplasm, but it translocates to the nucleus upon DNA damage. Several transcript variants of this gene exist, but the full-length nature of only one has been described to date. Additionally, human POLB forms a complex with and is methylated by PRMT6. In vitro, methylated POLB possesses significantly higher DNA polymerase activity when compared to that of unmodified enzyme. The increase in DNA polymerase activity upon methylation is due to the enhanced DNA binding and processivity of POLB.

E.coli-derived human POLB recombinant protein (Position: L122-E335) . Human POLB shares 95.3% and 94.9% amino acid (aa) sequence identity with mouse and rat POLB, respectively.

Repair polymerase that plays a key role in base-excision repair. Has 5'-deoxyribose-5-phosphate lyase (dRP lyase) activity that removes the 5' sugar phosphate and also acts as a DNA polymerase that adds one nucleotide to the 3' end of the arising single-nucleotide gap. Conducts 'gap-filling' DNA synthesis in a stepwise distributive fashion rather than in a processive fashion as for other DNA polymerases. .

1. Entrez Gene: POLB polymerase (DNA ed), beta. 2. Bhattacharyya, N., Banerjee, S. A variant of DNA polymerase beta acts as a dominant negative mutant. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 94: 10324-10329, 1997. 3. El-Andaloussi, N., Valovka, T., Toueille, M., Steinacher, R., Focke, F., Gehrig, P., Covic, M., Hassa, P. O., Schar, P., Hubscher, U., Hottiger, M. O. Arginine methylation regulates DNA polymerase beta. Molec. Cell 22: 51-62, 2006.

Store at -20°C for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4°C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20°C for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.