PRIM2 (Entrez ID: 5558)

Entrez Gene ID 5558
Official Gene Symbol PRIM2 (GeneCards)
Full name DNA primase subunit 2
Location 6p11.2
Other ids Vega : OTTHUMG00000016190
MIM : 176636
HGNC : HGNC:9370
Ensembl : ENSG00000146143
Other names p58, PRIM2A
Summary This gene encodes the 58 kilodalton subunit of DNA primase, an enzyme that plays a key role in the replication of DNA. The encoded protein forms a heterodimer with a 49 kilodalton subunit. This heterodimer functions as a DNA-directed RNA polymerase to synthesize small RNA primers that are used to create Okazaki fragments on the lagging strand of the DNA. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants. This gene has a related pseudogene, which is also present on chromosome 6. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2014]

Variants

Found 17 variants in this database.