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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017

PrimPol is required for replication reinitiation after mtDNA damage.

Rubén Torregrosa-Muñumer, Josefin M E Forslund, Steffi Goffart, Annika Pfeiffer, Gorazd Stojkovič, Gustavo Carvalho, Natalie Al-Furoukh, Luis Blanco, Sjoerd Wanrooij, Jaakko L O Pohjoismäki

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 93 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Quiescence to proliferation transition regulates asynchronous mitochondrial DNA replication dynamics.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  6. Mouse PrimPol Outperforms Its Human Counterpart as a Robust DNA Primase.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  7. Accurate DNA Synthesis Across 8-Oxoadenine by Human PrimPol.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  10. Cardiovascular aging: spotlight on mitochondria.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Rubén Torregrosa-MuñumerDepartment of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 80101 Joensuu, Finland.
Josefin M E ForslundDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
Steffi GoffartDepartment of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 80101 Joensuu, Finland.
Annika PfeifferDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
Gorazd StojkovičDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
Gustavo CarvalhoCentro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, E-28049 Madrid, Spain.
Natalie Al-FuroukhDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
Luis BlancoCentro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, E-28049 Madrid, Spain.
Sjoerd WanrooijDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden; sjoerd.wanrooij@umu.se jaakko.pohjoismaki@uef.fi.
Jaakko L O PohjoismäkiDepartment of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 80101 Joensuu, Finland; sjoerd.wanrooij@umu.se jaakko.pohjoismaki@uef.fi.ORCID 0000-0002-1185-3610
Umeå University · SEUniversity of Eastern Finland · FICentro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eukaryotic PrimPol is a recently discovered DNA-dependent DNA primase and translesion synthesis DNA polymerase found in the nucleus and mitochondria. Although PrimPol has been shown to be required for repriming of stalled replication forks in the nucleus, its role in mitochondria has remained unresolved. Here we demonstrate in vivo and in vitro that PrimPol can reinitiate stalled mtDNA replication and can prime mtDNA replication from nonconventional origins. Our results not only help in the understanding of how mitochondria cope with replicative stress but can also explain some controversial features of the lagging-strand replication.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell LineCells, CulturedCulture MediaDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseDNA, MitochondrialDNA ReplicationFibroblastsGene DeletionMicePyridinesUltraviolet Rays3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydrocollidineCulture MediaDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseDNA, MitochondrialPrimpol protein, mousePyridinesDNA repairfork rescuemtDNA damagemtDNA replication

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PMID29073063
PMCPMC5664498
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