Synonyms:DNA primase subunit 2, ENTREZ:5558, HGNC:9370, MIM:176636, NM_000947, NM_001282487, NM_001282488, NP_000938, NP_001269416, NP_001269417, PRIM2, PRIM2A, XM_011514731, XM_017011004, XM_017011005, XM_017011006, XM_024446483, XP_011513033, XP_016866493, XP_016866494, XP_016866495, XP_024302251, p58
Omim:OMIM:176636
Id:342ed23b-0602-5a9b-889f-7cc7f66eaff5
Hgnc:HGNC:9370
Description:DNA primase subunit 2
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]