DNA mismatch repair

MG Marinus - EcoSal Plus, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
DNA mismatch repair (MMR) corrects replication errors in newly synthesized DNA. It also
has an antirecombination action on heteroduplexes that contain similar but not identical …

Evolution of the methyl directed mismatch repair system in Escherichia coli

CD Putnam - DNA repair, 2016 - Elsevier
DNA mismatch repair (MMR) repairs mispaired bases in DNA generated by replication
errors. MutS or MutS homologs recognize mispairs and coordinate with MutL or MutL …

[HTML][HTML] Mismatch repair in Gram-positive bacteria

JS Lenhart, MC Pillon, A Guarné, JS Biteen… - Research in …, 2016 - Elsevier
DNA mismatch repair (MMR) is responsible for correcting errors formed during DNA
replication. DNA polymerase errors include base mismatches and extra helical nucleotides …

Cooperation and competition in mismatch repair: very short‐patch repair and methyl‐directed mismatch repair in Escherichia coli

AS Bhagwat, M Lieb - Molecular microbiology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
In Escherichia coli and related enteric bacteria, repair of base‐base mismatches is
performed by two overlapping biochemical processes, methyl‐directed mismatch repair …

DNA mismatch repair in eukaryotes and bacteria

K Fukui - Journal of nucleic acids, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
DNA mismatch repair (MMR) corrects mismatched base pairs mainly caused by DNA
replication errors. The fundamental mechanisms and proteins involved in the early reactions …

[HTML][HTML] Strand discrimination in DNA mismatch repair

CD Putnam - DNA repair, 2021 - Elsevier
DNA mismatch repair (MMR) corrects non-Watson-Crick basepairs generated by replication
errors, recombination intermediates, and some forms of chemical damage to DNA. In MutS …

Characterization of functional interactions among the Escherichia coli mismatch repair proteins using a bacterial two-hybrid assay

CA Mansour, KMJ Doiron, CG Cupples - Mutation Research/DNA Repair, 2001 - Elsevier
Vsr mediates very short patch repair in Escherichia coli, correcting T/G mismatches caused
by deamination of 5-methylcytosine to thymine. MutS and MutL, part of the post-replication …

The Escherichia coli Methyl-Directed Mismatch Repair System Repairs Base Pairs Containing Oxidative Lesions

J Wyrzykowski, MR Volkert - Journal of bacteriology, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A major role of the methyl-directed mismatch repair (MMR) system of
Escherichia coli is to repair postreplicative errors. In this report, we provide evidence that …

DNA mismatch repair: molecular mechanisms and biological function

MJ Schofield, P Hsieh - Annual Reviews in Microbiology, 2003 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract DNA mismatch repair (MMR) guards the integrity of the genome in virtually all
cells. It contributes about 1000-fold to the overall fidelity of replication and targets mispaired …

Coupling distant sites in DNA during DNA mismatch repair

RD Kolodner, ML Mendillo… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
How can the activities of differ-ent proteins that act at two distant sites on DNA be coupled?
In cis mechanisms, an intact DNA helix is required so that the protein molecules can slide …