PRIM1

PRIM1
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 4BPU, 4BPW, 4BPX, 4LIK, 4LIL, 4MHQ, 4RR2, 5EXR
Identifiers
Aliases	PRIM1, p49, primase (DNA) subunit 1
External IDs	MGI: 97757 HomoloGene: 730 GeneCards: PRIM1
Gene ontology Molecular function • DNA-directed 5'-3' RNA polymerase activity • transferase activity • nucleotidyltransferase activity • DNA primase activity • metal ion binding Cellular component • primosome complex • membrane • nucleoplasm Biological process • DNA replication • G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle • telomere maintenance via recombination • DNA replication initiation • DNA strand elongation involved in DNA replication • DNA replication, synthesis of RNA primer Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	5557	19075
Ensembl	ENSG00000198056	ENSMUSG00000025395
UniProt	P49642	P20664
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_000946	NM_008921
RefSeq (protein)	NP_000937.1	NP_032947.1
Location (UCSC)	Chr 12: 56.73 – 56.75 Mb	Chr 10: 128.02 – 128.03 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]
Wikidata

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DNA primase small subunit is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PRIM1 gene.^[3]

The replication of DNA in eukaryotic cells is carried out by a complex chromosomal replication apparatus, in which DNA polymerase alpha and primase are two key enzymatic components. Primase, which is a heterodimer of a small subunit and a large subunit, synthesizes small RNA primers for the Okazaki fragments made during discontinuous DNA replication. The protein encoded by this gene is the small, 49 kDa primase subunit.

References

1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
3. Shiratori A, Okumura K, Nogami M, Taguchi H, Onozaki T, Inoue T, Ando T, Shibata T, Izumi M, Miyazawa H, et al. (Feb 1996). "Assignment of the 49-kDa (PRIM1) and 58-kDa (PRIM2A and PRIM2B) subunit genes of the human DNA primase to chromosome bands 1q44 and 6p11.1-p12". Genomics. 28 (2): 350–3. doi:10.1006/geno.1995.1155. PMID 8530050.

Further reading

• Stadlbauer F, Brueckner A, Rehfuess C, et al. (1994). "DNA replication in vitro by recombinant DNA-polymerase-alpha-primase.". Eur. J. Biochem. 222 (3): 781–93. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.tb18925.x. PMID 8026492.
• Maruyama K, Sugano S (1994). "Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides.". Gene. 138 (1–2): 171–4. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90802-8. PMID 8125298.
• Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, et al. (1997). "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–56. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID 9373149.
• Schneider A, Smith RW, Kautz AR, et al. (1998). "Primase activity of human DNA polymerase alpha-primase. Divalent cations stabilize the enzyme activity of the p48 subunit". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (34): 21608–15. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.34.21608. PMID 9705292.
• Arezi B, Kirk BW, Copeland WC, Kuchta RD (1999). "Interactions of DNA with human DNA primase monitored with photoactivatable cross-linking agents: implications for the role of the p58 subunit". Biochemistry. 38 (39): 12899–907. doi:10.1021/bi9908991. PMID 10504261.
• Smith RW, Nasheuer HP (2002). "Control of complex formation of DNA polymerase alpha-primase and cell-free DNA replication by the C-terminal amino acids of the largest subunit p180". FEBS Lett. 527 (1–3): 143–6. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(02)03197-6. PMID 12220650.