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Characterization of the "mismatch repairosome" and its role in the processing of modified nucleosides in vitro


Baerenfaller, K; Fischer, F; Jiricny, J (2006). Characterization of the "mismatch repairosome" and its role in the processing of modified nucleosides in vitro. Methods in Enzymology, 408:285-303.

Abstract

The process of postreplicative mismatch repair (MMR) increases the fidelity of DNA replication by eliminating biosynthetic errors from newly synthesized DNA. In addition, MMR proteins are also involved in the processing of intermediates of mitotic and meiotic recombination and, in mammalian cells, play a role in DNA damage signaling. As mismatches cannot be induced in the DNA of living cells, the study of the molecular transactions during MMR is restricted to in vitro systems. This chapter describes the construction of heteroduplex substrates that can be used for DNA affinity purification of MMR protein complexes and for the study of the role of eukaryotic MMR proteins in the processing of modified nucleosides.

Abstract

The process of postreplicative mismatch repair (MMR) increases the fidelity of DNA replication by eliminating biosynthetic errors from newly synthesized DNA. In addition, MMR proteins are also involved in the processing of intermediates of mitotic and meiotic recombination and, in mammalian cells, play a role in DNA damage signaling. As mismatches cannot be induced in the DNA of living cells, the study of the molecular transactions during MMR is restricted to in vitro systems. This chapter describes the construction of heteroduplex substrates that can be used for DNA affinity purification of MMR protein complexes and for the study of the role of eukaryotic MMR proteins in the processing of modified nucleosides.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > Institute of Molecular Cancer Research
07 Faculty of Science > Institute of Molecular Cancer Research
Dewey Decimal Classification:570 Life sciences; biology
Scopus Subject Areas:Life Sciences > Biochemistry
Life Sciences > Molecular Biology
Language:English
Date:2006
Deposited On:09 Jul 2010 08:55
Last Modified:21 Jan 2022 14:26
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0076-6879
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0076-6879(06)08018-9
PubMed ID:16793376