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Saccharomyces cerevisiae MPH1 gene, required for homologous recombination-mediated mutation avoidance, encodes a 3' to 5' DNA helicase.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 4 Mar 2005
Prakash Rohit, Krejci Lumir, Van Komen Stephen, Anke Schürer Kirsten, Kramer Wilfried, Sung Patrick
Abstract excerpt
The MPH1 (mutator pHenotype 1) gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was identified on the basis of elevated spontaneous mutation rates of haploid cells deleted for this gene. Further studies showed that MPH1 functions to channel DNA lesions into an error-free DNA repair pathway. The Mph1 protein contains the seven conserved motifs of the superfamily 2 (SF2) family of nucleic acid unwinding enzymes. Genetic analyses...
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