Mismatch repair: Choreographing accurate strand excision

Curr Biol. 2021 Mar 22;31(6):R293-R296. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.001.

Abstract

State-of-the-art genetic and cellular studies uniquely implicate the S. cerevisiae Pms1 endonuclease (human PMS2) and ExoI as the major components that produce and/or maintain the strand-specific nicks that precisely direct mismatch repair.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • DNA Mismatch Repair*
  • Humans
  • MutL Proteins
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / metabolism
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins* / genetics
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins* / metabolism

Substances

  • PMS1 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • MutL Proteins