About DNA polymerase kappa
DNA polymerase kappa (POLK) is a protein
from Homo sapiens identified by UniProt accession
Q9UBT6, 870 residues long.
MolForge cross-references it against 0 known binders and
51 disease associations.
Target properties
| Protein name | DNA polymerase kappa |
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| UniProt accession | Q9UBT6 |
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| Gene | POLK |
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| Organism | Homo sapiens |
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| Length | 870 residues |
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| Molecular weight | — |
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| EC numbers | — |
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| Target class | UNCLASSIFIED |
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| Subcellular location | — |
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| Keywords | — |
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Druggability
Target tractability assessment (Open Targets + pocket analysis). No approved drug
| Druggability tier | MEDIUM |
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| Druggability score | — |
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| Pocket score | — |
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| Max clinical phase | — |
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Approved drugs hitting this target (1)
DrugCentral-linked approved drugs that act on this protein.
Disease associations (51)
Diseases linked to this target (Open Targets).
- prostate carcinoma · score 0.54
- prostate cancer · score 0.54
- Familial prostate cancer · score 0.54
- breast adenocarcinoma · score 0.25
- ovarian cancer · score 0.18
- type 2 diabetes mellitus · score 0.17
- total cholesterol measurement · score 0.16
- mean platelet volume · score 0.14
- platelet count · score 0.12
- low density lipoprotein cholesterol measurement · score 0.12
3D Structure (1)
Experimental (PDB) and predicted (AlphaFold) structures for this protein.
| Structure | Source | Method | Mean pLDDT | Resolution (Å) |
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| AF-Q9UBT6-F1 | alphafold | PREDICTED | 70.50 | — |
Amino-acid sequence (870 residues)
MDSTKEKCDS YKDDLLLRMG LNDNKAGMEG LDKEKINKII MEATKGSRFY GNELKKEKQV NQRIENMMQQ KAQITSQQLR KAQLQVDRFA MELEQSRNLS NTIVHIDMDA FYAAVEMRDN PELKDKPIAV GSMSMLSTSN YHARRFGVRA AMPGFIAKRL CPQLIIVPPN FDKYRAVSKE VKEILADYDP NFMAMSLDEA YLNITKHLEE RQNWPEDKRR YFIKMGSSVE NDNPGKEVNK LSEHERSISP LLFEESPSDV QPPGDPFQVN FEEQNNPQIL QNSVVFGTSA QEVVKEIRFR IEQKTTLTAS AGIAPNTMLA KVCSDKNKPN GQYQILPNRQ AVMDFIKDLP IRKVSGIGKV TEKMLKALGI ITCTELYQQR ALLSLLFSET SWHYFLHISL GLGSTHLTRD GERKSMSVER TFSEINKAEE QYSLCQELCS ELAQDLQKER LKGRTVTIKL KNVNFEVKTR ASTVSSVVST AEEIFAIAKE LLKTEIDADF PHPLRLRLMG VRISSFPNEE DRKHQQRSII GFLQAGNQAL SATECTLEKT DKDKFVKPLE MSHKKSFFDK KRSERKWSHQ DTFKCEAVNK QSFQTSQPFQ VLKKKMNENL EISENSDDCQ ILTCPVCFRA QGCISLEALN KHVDECLDGP SISENFKMFS CSHVSATKVN KKENVPASSL CEKQDYEAHP KIKEISSVDC IALVDTIDNS SKAESIDALS NKHSKEECSS LPSKSFNIEH CHQNSSSTVS LENEDVGSFR QEYRQPYLCE VKTGQALVCP VCNVEQKTSD LTLFNVHVDV CLNKSFIQEL RKDKFNPVNQ PKESSRSTGS SSGVQKAVTR TKRPGLMTKY STSKKIKPNN PKHTLDIFFK
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