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POLD4 (DNA polymerase delta subunit 4) is a gene. The public catalogues list it as a drug target and a DNA repair gene, and an approved or late-stage drug is recorded against it. Tied to Leukaemia, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Lung cancer and 5 more. This dossier gathers the 0 products (0 approved), 0 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.

Biology

As a component of the tetrameric DNA polymerase delta complex (Pol-delta4), plays a role in high fidelity genome replication and repair. Within this complex, increases the rate of DNA synthesis and decreases fidelity by regulating POLD1 polymerase and proofreading 3' to 5' exonuclease activity. Pol-delta4 participates in Okazaki fragment processing, through both the short flap pathway, as well as a nick translation system. Under conditions of DNA replication stress, required for the repair of broken replication forks through break-induced replication (BIR), a mechanism that may induce segmental genomic duplications of up to 200 kb. Involved in Pol-delta4 translesion synthesis (TLS) of templates carrying O6-methylguanine or abasic sites. Its degradation in response to DNA damage is required for the inhibition of fork progression and cell survival. Location: Nucleus (UniProt). Locus 11q13.2 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Leukaemia: Open Targets association 0.60 with leukaemia (MONDO_0005059)
  • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Open Targets association 0.60 with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (MONDO_0018908)
  • Lung cancer: Open Targets association 0.60 with lung cancer (MONDO_0008903)
  • Myeloproliferative neoplasms: Open Targets association 0.59 with myeloproliferative neoplasm (MONDO_0020076)
  • Breast cancer: Open Targets association 0.58 with breast cancer (MONDO_0007254)
  • Ovarian cancer: Open Targets association 0.58 with ovarian cancer (MONDO_0008170)
Class: other · Gene: POLD4 · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"POLD4" OR ABSTRACT:"POLD4" OR TITLE:"DNA polymerase delta 4, accessory subunit" OR ABSTRACT:"DNA polymerase delta 4, accessory subunit" OR TITLE:"DNA polymerase delta subunit 4" OR ABSTRACT:"DNA polymerase delta subunit 4" OR TITLE:"p12" OR ABSTRACT:"p12" OR TITLE:"POLDS" OR ABSTRACT:"POLDS") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about POLD4, not a curated reading list.

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