Proliferating cell nuclear antigen

Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is a DNA clamp that acts as a processivity factor for DNA polymerase δ in eukaryotic cells and is essential for replication. PCNA is a homotrimer and achieves its processivity by encircling the DNA, where it acts as a scaffold to recruit proteins involved in DNA replication, DNA repair, chromatin remodeling and epigenetics.

PCNA
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesPCNA, ATLD2, proliferating cell nuclear antigen
External IDsOMIM: 176740 MGI: 97503 HomoloGene: 1945 GeneCards: PCNA
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

5111

18538

Ensembl

ENSG00000132646

ENSMUSG00000027342

UniProt

P12004

P17918

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_182649
NM_002592

NM_011045

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002583
NP_872590

NP_035175

Location (UCSC)Chr 20: 5.11 – 5.13 MbChr 2: 132.09 – 132.1 Mb
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Many proteins interact with PCNA via the two known PCNA-interacting motifs PCNA-interacting peptide (PIP) box and AlkB homologue 2 PCNA interacting motif (APIM). Proteins binding to PCNA via the PIP-box are mainly involved in DNA replication whereas proteins binding to PCNA via APIM are mainly important in the context of genotoxic stress.

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