期刊
MUTATION RESEARCH-REVIEWS IN MUTATION RESEARCH
卷 682, 期 2-3, 页码 110-128出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2009.07.001
关键词
MutS homologues; MutL homologues; Base substitution; Frameshift; Recombination; Heteroduplex DNA
资金
- Fundacion Antorchas and the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET)
Mismatch repair (MMR) system maintains genome integrity by correcting mispaired or unpaired bases which have escaped the proofreading activity of DNA polymerases. The basic features of the pathway have been highly conserved throughout evolution, although the nature and number of the proteins involved in the mechanism vary from prokaryotes to eukaryotes and even between humans and plants. Cells deficient in MMR genes have been observed to display a mutator phenotype characterized by an increased rate in spontaneous mutation, instability of microsatellite sequences and illegitimate recombination between diverged DNA sequences. Studies of the mutator phenotype have demonstrated a critical role for the MMR system in mutation avoidance and genetic stability. Here. we briefly review our current knowledge of the MMR mechanism and then focus on the in vivo biochemical and genetic assays used to investigate the function of the MMR proteins in processing DNA mismatches generated during replication and mitotic recombination in Escherichia coli, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Homo sapiens and Arabidopsis thaliana. An overview of the biochemical assays developed to study mismatch correction in vitro is also provided. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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