Full name: DNA polymerase lambda

Gene type: protein coding

RefSeq status: REVIEWED

Also known as: BETAN; POLKAPPA

Summary: This gene encodes a DNA polymerase. DNA polymerases catalyze DNA-template-directed extension of the 3'-end of a DNA strand. This particular polymerase, which is a member of the X family of DNA polymerases, likely plays a role in non-homologous end joining and other DNA repair processes. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2010]

Expression: Ubiquitous expression in testis (RPKM 14.9), ovary (RPKM 7.3) and 25 other tissues

Gene size: 9389bp

Exon count: 9