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Polr2b Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Polr2b
  • Name
    polymerase (RNA) II (DNA directed) polypeptide B
  • Synonyms
    MGC:47046, RPB2
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:2388280
    NCBI Gene: 231329
  • Alliance
  • Transcription Start Sites
    3 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr5:77458331-77497175 bp, + strand
    From NCBI annotation of GRCm39
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  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 5, 41.66 cM
  • Mapping Data
    1 experiment
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    955 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_2388280
protein coding gene Chr5:77457994-77497175 (+)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0029658
protein coding gene Chr5:77583056-77627442 (+)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0029626
protein coding gene Chr5:74581576-74621435 (+)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0029574
protein coding gene Chr5:77038385-77081115 (+)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0029635
protein coding gene Chr5:75322483-75362182 (+)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0029358
protein coding gene Chr5:77394104-77436047 (+)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0030089
protein coding gene Chr5:80659038-80711479 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0027329
protein coding gene Chr5:70316063-70355463 (+)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0028766
protein coding gene Chr5:76617621-76659631 (+)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0029327
protein coding gene Chr5:83342750-83385498 (+)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0029472
protein coding gene Chr5:74640577-74680538 (+)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0029433
protein coding gene Chr5:73850695-73889840 (+)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0029559
protein coding gene Chr5:77985898-78025890 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0029461
protein coding gene Chr5:86437168-86483393 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0030122
protein coding gene Chr5:76583198-76626960 (+)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0028489
protein coding gene Chr5:73663474-73704427 (+)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0028324
protein coding gene Chr5:75957664-75998295 (+)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0028846
protein coding gene Chr5:76905703-76947632 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    POLR2B, RNA polymerase II subunit B
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    POLR2B, RNA polymerase II subunit B
  • Synonyms
    hRPB140, POL2RB, RPB2
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 5431
    neXtProt AC: NX_P30876
    UniProt: P30876

  • Chr Location
    4q12; chr4:56977722-57031158 (+)  GRCh38

Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    6 phenotypes from 1 allele in 2 genetic backgrounds
    1 images
    17 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

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Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele show abnormal morula morphology and complete embryonic lethality before implantation. In vitro, embryos fail to hatch from the zona pellucida and die after 3 days in culture.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
  • GO References
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
membraneless organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
  • Tissues
  • cDNA Data
  • Literature Summary
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic 231329 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 38845 C57BL/6J ±  kb
transcript NM_153798 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 3812 C57BL/6  
polypeptide Q8CFI7 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 1174 Not Applicable  
For the selected sequence
Protein
Information
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Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 11
    cDNA 10
    Primer pair 1

    Microarray probesets 2
References
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  • Summaries
    All 48
    Developmental Gene Expression 4
    Gene Ontology 9
    Phenotypes 17
  • Earliest
    J:109968 Roderick TH, et al., Nineteen paracentric chromosomal inversions in mice. Genetics. 1974 Jan;76(1):109-17
  • Latest
    J:346124 Feng Z, et al., TANGO6 regulates cell proliferation via COPI vesicle-mediated RPB2 nuclear entry. Nat Commun. 2024 Mar 15;15(1):2371

Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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last database update
11/19/2024
MGI 6.24
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