Structural highlights
Function
MLH1_YEAST Required for DNA mismatch repair (MMR), correcting base-base mismatches and insertion-deletion loops (IDLs) resulting from DNA replication, DNA damage or from recombination events between non-identical sequences during meiosis. Component of different MutL heterodimers that form a ternary complex with the MutS heterodimers, which initially recognize the DNA mismatches. This complex is thought to be responsible for directing the downsteam MMR events, including strand discrimination, excision, and resynthesis. Plays a major role in maintaining the genetic stability of simple sequence repeats, the repair of heteroduplex sites present in meiotic recombination intermediates, and the promotion of meiotic crossing-over.[1] [2] [3]
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References
- ↑ Habraken Y, Sung P, Prakash L, Prakash S. ATP-dependent assembly of a ternary complex consisting of a DNA mismatch and the yeast MSH2-MSH6 and MLH1-PMS1 protein complexes. J Biol Chem. 1998 Apr 17;273(16):9837-41. PMID:9545323
- ↑ Wang TF, Kleckner N, Hunter N. Functional specificity of MutL homologs in yeast: evidence for three Mlh1-based heterocomplexes with distinct roles during meiosis in recombination and mismatch correction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Nov 23;96(24):13914-9. PMID:10570173
- ↑ Argueso JL, Kijas AW, Sarin S, Heck J, Waase M, Alani E. Systematic mutagenesis of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae MLH1 gene reveals distinct roles for Mlh1p in meiotic crossing over and in vegetative and meiotic mismatch repair. Mol Cell Biol. 2003 Feb;23(3):873-86. PMID:12529393