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PRIM1

DNA primase small subunit is in humans is encoded by the PRIM1 gene and is part of the enzyme DNA polymerase alpha.

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Jun 4, 2026
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Length
564 w
Citations
9
Source
PRIM1
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesPRIM1, p49, primase (DNA) subunit 1, DNA primase subunit 1
External IDsOMIM: 176635; MGI: 97757; HomoloGene: 730; GeneCards: PRIM1; OMA:PRIM1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000946

NM_008921

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000937

NP_032947

Location (UCSC)Chr 12: 56.73 – 56.75 MbChr 10: 127.85 – 127.87 Mb
PubMed search34
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DNA primase small subunit is in humans is encoded by the PRIM1 gene and is part of the enzyme DNA polymerase alpha.5

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

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000198056Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000025395Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. 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

Further reading

External links
  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: P49642 (Human DNA primase small subunit (PRIM1)) at the PDBe-KB.