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POLB

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q18030641

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene[2]
Chromosome
human chromosome 8[7]
Cytogenetic location
8p11.21[8]
Encodes
DNA polymerase beta[5]
Expressed in
oocyte, cerebellar hemisphere, secondary oocyte, sperm, cerebellar vermis, ganglionic eminence, thoracic diaphragm, parotid gland, monocyte, pons[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[6]
HomoloGene ID
2013[3]
Ortholog
Polb, Polb, polb[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en DNA polymerase beta en POLB en polymerase (DNA directed), beta hu DNS-polimeráz β nl DNA polymerase beta
🔖 Identifiers · 13
OpenAlex ID
C2778462844
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Protein POLB PDB 1bno.png ↗
Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000070501
Entrez Gene ID
5423
Exact match
identifiers.org
Freebase ID
/m/03gt7wv
HGNC ID
9174
HGNC gene symbol
POLB
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778462844, 2909218905
OMIM ID
174760
RefSeq RNA ID
XR_428311, NM_002690, XM_005273535, XM_005273536, XM_005273537, XM_005273538, XM_005273539, XM_005273540, XM_017013583, XM_017013584, XM_047421900, XM_047421901
Rfam ID
RF01455
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UMLS CUI
C1335230

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🔗 Connections
Expressed in 8
thoracic diaphragm, monocyte, pons, sperm, parotid gland, oocyte, cerebellar vermis, ganglionic eminence
Cell component 3
nucleus, cytoplasm, microtubule
Biological process 2
apoptotic process, DNA repair
Found in taxon 2
Homo sapiens, southern pig-tailed macaque
Instance of 2
protein, gene
Molecular function 1
DNA polymerase
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Summary

POLB is a gene[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · KaterynaVa · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Chromosome → human chromosome 8
    "Created claim: Chromosome: human chromosome 8"
  2. 16w ago · Artoria2e5 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Molecular function → —
    UniProt protein ID → —
    Cell component → —
    Instance of → gene
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Commons category: DNA polymerase beta, Moving from DNA polymerase beta"
  3. 25w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biological process → —
    Cell component → —
    Instance of → gene
    Ortholog → Polb, polb
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [gsw] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32527: human gene name and description in Alemannic"
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