| Primary Identifier | IPR038973 | Type | Family |
| Short Name | MutL/Mlh/Pms |
| description | Mismatch repair contributes to the overall fidelity of DNA replication by targeting mispaired bases that arise through replication errors during homologous recombination and as a result of DNA damage. It involves the correction of mismatched base pairs that have been missed by the proofreading element of the DNA polymerase complex []. This entry represents a family of evolutionarily related DNA mismatch repair proteins, including MutL, Mlh1, Mlh2 and Mlh3, and Pms 1 and 2. Bacterial MutL proteins are homodimers, while their eukaryotic homologues form heterodimers consisting of the MutL homologue Mlh1 and either Pms1, Pms2 or Mlh3 [, ]. MutL homologues share a conserved ATP binding site []. |
