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DNA binding by yeast Mlh1 and Pms1: implications for DNA mismatch repair.
Nucleic acids research - 15 Apr 2003
Hall Mark C, Shcherbakova Polina V, Fortune John M, Borchers Christoph H, Dial J Michael, Tomer Kenneth B, Kunkel Thomas A
Abstract excerpt
The yeast Mlh1-Pms1 heterodimer required for mismatch repair (MMR) binds to DNA. Here we map DNA binding to N-terminal fragments of Mlh1 and Pms1. We demonstrate that Mlh1 and Pms1 N-terminal domains (NTDs) independently bind to double-stranded and single-stranded DNA, in the absence of dimerization and with different affinities. Full-length Mlh1p alone, which can homodimerize, also binds to DNA. Substituting...
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