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LIG3 [nucleoplasm]
Stable Identifier
R-HSA-53789
Type
Protein [EntityWithAccessionedSequence]
Species
Homo sapiens
Compartment
nucleoplasm
Synonyms
DNA ligase III , Polydeoxyribonucleotide synthase (ATP)
Locations in the PathwayBrowser
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DNA Repair (Homo sapiens)
Base Excision Repair (Homo sapiens)
Resolution of Abasic Sites (AP sites) (Homo sapiens)
APEX1-Independent Resolution of AP Sites via the Single Nucleotide Replacement Pathway (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 ligates NEIL1,NEIL2-generated single strand break (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
NEIL1,NEIL2:PNKP:POLB:LIG3:XRCC1:SSB-dsDNA [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
NEIL1,NEIL2:PNKP:POLB:LIG3:XRCC1:dsDNA [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 and PNKP bind NEIL1,NEIL2:POLB:SSB(3'Pi)-gap-dsDNA (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
NEIL1,NEIL2:PNKP:POLB:LIG3:XRCC1:SSB(3'Pi)-gap-dsDNA [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1, POLB, NEIL1,NEIL2 and PNKP dissociate from the BER site (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
NEIL1,NEIL2:PNKP:POLB:LIG3:XRCC1:dsDNA [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
PNKP hydrolyzes the terminal 3'Pi at the NEIL1,NEIL2-generated single strand break (SSB) (Homo sapiens)
NEIL1,NEIL2:PNKP:POLB:LIG3:XRCC1:SSB(3'Pi)-gap-dsDNA [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
NEIL1,NEIL2:POLB:LIG3:XRCC1:PNKP:SSB-gap-dsDNA [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
POLB incorporates a single nucleotide in place of excised AP residue in NEIL1,NEIL2-mediated AP site resolution (Homo sapiens)
NEIL1,NEIL2:PNKP:POLB:LIG3:XRCC1:SSB-dsDNA [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
NEIL1,NEIL2:POLB:LIG3:XRCC1:PNKP:SSB-gap-dsDNA [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
Resolution of AP sites via the single-nucleotide replacement pathway (Homo sapiens)
Dissociation of LIG3:XRCC1 complex from the BER site (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1:POLB:dsDNA [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3-mediated DNA ligation via the single-nucleotide replacement pathway (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1:POLB:SSB-dsDNA [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1:POLB:dsDNA [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
Recruitment of LIG3:XRCC1 complex to the site of repair by POLB (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1:POLB:SSB-gap-dsDNA [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
Resynthesis of excised residue by POLB (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1:POLB:SSB-dsDNA [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1:POLB:SSB-gap-dsDNA [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
DNA Double-Strand Break Repair (Homo sapiens)
Homology Directed Repair (Homo sapiens)
HDR through MMEJ (alt-NHEJ) (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 ligates remaining SSBs in MMEJ (Homo sapiens)
Extended microhomologous 3'-ssDNA overhangs-DSB:MRN:RBBP8:LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
MRN recruits LIG3:XRCC1 to MMEJ sites (Homo sapiens)
Extended microhomologous 3'-ssDNA overhangs-DSB:MRN:RBBP8:LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
Nucleotide Excision Repair (Homo sapiens)
Global Genome Nucleotide Excision Repair (GG-NER) (Homo sapiens)
Gap-filling DNA repair synthesis and ligation in GG-NER (Homo sapiens)
Ligation of newly synthesized repair patch to incised DNA in GG-NER (Homo sapiens)
LIG1,LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
Transcription-Coupled Nucleotide Excision Repair (TC-NER) (Homo sapiens)
Gap-filling DNA repair synthesis and ligation in TC-NER (Homo sapiens)
Ligation of newly synthesized repair patch to incised DNA in TC-NER (Homo sapiens)
LIG1,LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
External Reference Information
External Reference
UniProt:P49916 LIG3
Gene Names
LIG3
Chain
transit peptide:1-42, chain:43-1009
Reference Genes
BioGPS Gene:3980 LIG3
COSMIC (genes):LIG3 LIG3
CTD Gene:3980 LIG3
dbSNP Gene:3980 LIG3
ENSEMBL:ENSG00000005156 LIG3
HGNC:6600 LIG3
KEGG:hsa:3980 LIG3
Monarch:3980 LIG3
NCBI Gene:3980 LIG3
OMIM:600940 LIG3
UCSC:P49916 LIG3
Reference Transcript
RefSeq:XM_054316055.1 LIG3
RefSeq:XM_017024624.2 LIG3
RefSeq:NM_002311.5 LIG3
RefSeq:NM_013975.4 LIG3
Participates
as a component of
LIG3:XRCC1 [nucleoplasm] (Homo sapiens)
Inferred To
LIG3 [nucleoplasm]
(Bos taurus)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm]
(Canis familiaris)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm]
(Gallus gallus)
LIG3 [nucleoplasm]
(Sus scrofa)
DNAlig3 [nucleoplasm]
(Drosophila melanogaster)
Lig3 [nucleoplasm]
(Mus musculus)
Lig3 [nucleoplasm]
(Rattus norvegicus)
lig3 [nucleoplasm]
(Danio rerio)
lig3 [nucleoplasm]
(Dictyostelium discoideum)
lig3 [nucleoplasm]
(Xenopus tropicalis)
Cross References
RefSeq
NP_002302.2
,
XP_016880113.1
,
NP_039269.2
,
XP_054172030.1
ENSEMBL
ENSP00000367787
,
ENST00000262327
,
ENST00000378526
,
ENSG00000005156
,
ENSP00000262327
OpenTargets
ENSG00000005156
GeneCards
LIG3
HPA
ENSG00000005156-LIG3
PRO
P49916
Pharos - Targets
P49916
GlyGen
P49916
HMDB Protein
HMDBP00607
PDB
1IN1
,
1IMO
,
1UW0
,
3QVG
,
3L2P
,
6WH1
,
3PC8
,
3PC7
Interactors (6)
Accession
#Entities
Entities
Confidence Score
Evidence (IntAct)
UniProt:Q96T60 PNKP
1
PNKP [nucleoplasm]
(R-HSA-5649651)
0.669
4
UniProt:P06746 POLB
2
POLB [nucleoplasm]
(R-HSA-53845)
PolyUb-POLB [nucleoplasm]
(R-HSA-6783152)
0.643
4
UniProt:Q9NTX7 RNF146
1
RNF146 [cytosol]
(R-HSA-3640827)
0.643
4
UniProt:P09874 PARP1
4
PARP1 [nucleoplasm]
(R-HSA-201568)
PAR-PARP1 [nucleoplasm]
(R-HSA-5651713)
monoSUMO1-K203,K486-PARP1 [nucleoplasm]
(R-HSA-4551686)
polySUMO2,3-K203,K486-PARP1 [nucleoplasm]
(R-HSA-4551617)
0.527
2
UniProt:P16104 H2AX
7
H2AFX [nucleoplasm]
(R-HSA-56151)
p-Y143-H2AFX [nucleoplasm]
(R-HSA-5683942)
p-S140,Y143-H2AFX [nucleoplasm]
(R-HSA-5683953)
p-S140-H2AFX [nucleoplasm]
(R-HSA-75170)
K63PolyUb-K14,K16,p-S140-H2AFX [nucleoplasm]
(R-HSA-5682847)
H2AFX [extracellular region]
(R-HSA-977583)
Me2sR4-H2AFX [nucleoplasm]
(R-HSA-5218317)
0.527
3
UniProt:P05412 JUN
4
JUN [nucleoplasm]
(R-HSA-450250)
p-S63,S73-JUN [nucleoplasm]
(R-HSA-450237)
JUN [cytosol]
(R-HSA-168194)
p-S63,S73-JUN [cytosol]
(R-HSA-8868682)
0.462
3
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