Insights into DNA cleavage by MutL homologs from analysis of conserved motifs in eukaryotic Mlh1

CD Putnam, RD Kolodner - BioEssays, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
MutL family proteins contain an N‐terminal ATPase domain (NTD), an unstructured
interdomain linker, and a C‐terminal domain (CTD), which mediates constitutive …

The mismatch repair endonuclease MutLα tethers duplex regions of DNA together and relieves DNA torsional tension

SJ Witte, IM Rosa, BW Collingwood… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In eukaryotic mismatch repair, MutS homologs recognize mismatches and recruit the MutLα
endonuclease which introduces a nick in the newly replicated, error-containing DNA strand …

Aberrant cytoplasmic localization of MLH1 characterizes a sub-clonal breast cancer cell population that seeds recurrence

A Mazumder, JT DeWitt, E Oropeza, N Punturi… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer-
related death in women. Mortality is largely driven by recurrence of treatment-resistant …

A conserved motif in the disordered linker of human MLH1 is vital for DNA mismatch repair and its function is diminished by a cancer family mutation

K Wolf, J Kosinski, TJ Gibson, N Wesch… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
DNA mismatch repair (MMR) is essential for correction of DNA replication errors. Germline
mutations of the human MMR gene MLH1 are the major cause of Lynch syndrome, a …

Mismatch Matchmaking: Single Molecule Insights into DNA Mismatch Repair Signaling

WH Wilkins - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Abstract DNA Mismatch Repair (MMR) is a universally conserved system that recognizes
errors made during the replication process, such as base-base mismatches and insertions …

Order out of disorder: Regulation of endonuclease activity during eukaryotic mismatch repair.

C Cupples - BioEssays, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
Keywords: DNA mismatch repair; endonuclease; intrinsically disordered region; MutL
homologs EN DNA mismatch repair endonuclease intrinsically disordered region MutL …

[图书][B] Investigating How the Endonuclease MUTLα Is Activated and Signals in DNA Mismatch Repair

S Witte - 2023 - search.proquest.com
In many DNA processes, action at a distance is required for signaling across long distances
on DNA. These pathways, generally have an initiation site (site 1) that signals an event at a …

MutS and DNA Function as a Clamp Loader for the MutL Sliding Clamp During Mismatch Repair

XW Yang, XP Han, C Han, J London, R Fishel, J Liu - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
ABSTRACT DNA mismatch repair (MMR) is accomplished by highly conserved MutS and
MutL homologs. MutS proteins recognize mismatch nucleotides and in the presence of ATP …