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TOP1MT DNA topoisomerase I mitochondrial

Gene ID: 116447, updated on 10-Oct-2024
Gene type: protein coding

Summary

This gene encodes a mitochondrial DNA topoisomerase that plays a role in the modification of DNA topology. The encoded protein is a type IB topoisomerase and catalyzes the transient breaking and rejoining of DNA to relieve tension and DNA supercoiling generated in the mitochondrial genome during replication and transcription. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, May 2012]

Genomic context

Location:
8q24.3
Sequence:
Chromosome: 8; NC_000008.11 (143309324..143359977, complement)
Total number of exons:
21

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