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ArticlePLoS genetics2014

Mlh2 is an accessory factor for DNA mismatch repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Christopher S Campbell, Hans Hombauer, Anjana Srivatsan, Nikki Bowen, Kerstin Gries, Arshad Desai, Christopher D Putnam, Richard D Kolodner

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. DNA mismatch repair mediated by Mlh1-Pms1 endonuclease-catalyzed mispair excision.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  9. Insights into DNA cleavage by MutL homologs from analysis of conserved motifs in eukaryotic Mlh1.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2023
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  15. The unstructured linker of Mlh1 contains a motif required for endonuclease function which is mutated in cancers.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  20. Molecular basis of the dual role of the Mlh1-Mlh3 endonuclease in MMR and in meiotic crossover formation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Christopher S CampbellLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America.
Hans HombauerLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America; German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, Heidelberg, Germany.
Anjana SrivatsanLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America.
Nikki BowenLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America.
Kerstin GriesGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, Heidelberg, Germany.
Arshad DesaiLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America; Moores-UCSD Cancer Center, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America.
Christopher D PutnamLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America; Department of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America.
Richard D KolodnerLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America; Moores-UCSD Cancer Center, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America; Department of Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America.
Ludwig Cancer Research · USGerman Cancer Research Center · DE

Funding

VIRAL MALIGNANCYP30CA023100 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI DIANE M SIMEONE · 1985 to 2026
$124.9M
ENZYMOLOGY OF MISMATCH REPAIR IN YEASTR01GM050006 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Richard D Kolodner · 1994 to 2026
$10.5M
Kinetochore Specification and FunctionR01GM074215 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI DESAI, ARSHAD · 2005 to 2025
$8.2M
ENZYMATIC MECHANISMS OF GENETIC RECOMBINATIONR37GM026017 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO · PI KOLODNER, RICHARD D · 1992 to 2001
$759k
NCI NIH HHS CA23100NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023100NIGMS NIH HHS GM074215NIGMS NIH HHS GM50006NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM050006NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM074215NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM026017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the essential mismatch repair (MMR) endonuclease Mlh1-Pms1 forms foci promoted by Msh2-Msh6 or Msh2-Msh3 in response to mispaired bases. Here we analyzed the Mlh1-Mlh2 complex, whose role in MMR has been unclear. Mlh1-Mlh2 formed foci that often colocalized with and had a longer lifetime than Mlh1-Pms1 foci. Mlh1-Mlh2 foci were similar to Mlh1-Pms1 foci: they required mispair recognition by Msh2-Msh6, increased in response to increased mispairs or downstream defects in MMR, and formed after induction of DNA damage by phleomycin but not double-stranded breaks by I-SceI. Mlh1-Mlh2 could be recruited to mispair-containing DNA in vitro by either Msh2-Msh6 or Msh2-Msh3. Deletion of MLH2 caused a synergistic increase in mutation rate in combination with deletion of MSH6 or reduced expression of Pms1. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that the S. cerevisiae Mlh2 protein and the mammalian PMS1 protein are homologs. These results support a hypothesis that Mlh1-Mlh2 is a non-essential accessory factor that acts to enhance the activity of Mlh1-Pms1.

Indexed as

Base Pair MismatchCarrier ProteinsDNA DamageDNA, FungalFrameshift MutationMutL ProteinsNuclear ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsCarrier ProteinsDNA, FungalMLH2 protein, S cerevisiaeMutL ProteinsNuclear ProteinsPMS1 protein, S cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID24811092
PMCPMC4014439
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