POLRMT, Official Symbol POLRMTprovided by HGNC Official Full Name RNA polymerase mitochondrialprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:9200 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000099821 MIM:601778; AllianceGenome:HGNC:9200 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as APOLMT; MTRNAP; MTRPOL; COXPD55; h-mtRPOL Summary This gene encodes a mitochondrial DNA-directed RNA polymerase. The gene product is responsible for mitochondrial gene expression as well as for providing RNA primers for initiation of replication of the mitochondrial genome. Although this polypeptide has the same function as the three nuclear DNA-directed RNA polymerases, it is more closely related to RNA polymerases of phage and mitochondrial polymerases of lower eukaryotes. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] Expression Broad expression in testis (RPKM 15.0), kidney (RPKM 8.1) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all