motifs/domains
| N-terminal region (NTR), with a PCNA binding motif, a large region of unknown function and a nonspecific DNA binding fragment , which binds to duplex DNA in a salt-sensitive, mismatch-independent manner |
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HATH domain (homologous to the N terminus of hepatoma derived growth factor HDGF) |
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a core region structurally and functionally similar to bacterial MutS |
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a PWWP domain, in the NTR, globular PWWP domain, binding double-stranded DNA, without any preference for mismatches or nicks, whereas its apparent affinity for single-stranded DNA is about 20 times lower |
basic FUNCTION
| restoring repair of base-base and single- nucleotide insertion-deletion mismatches |
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role in suppressing genome instability and radiation-induced mutations |
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in complex with MSH2, is the mismatch repair protein that mediates DNA repair through the recognition of 1- and 2-bp mismatches |
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mismatch recognition heterodimer MSH2-hMSH6 disassembles a nucleosome |
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is potentially involved in the somatic hypermutation (SHM) process |
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is potentially involved in both the induction and repair of DNA double-strand breaks in switch regions |
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mismatch repair protein MSH2-MSH6 recognizes mismatches and forms sliding clamps within a D-loop recombination intermediate |