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PMS1

PMS1 protein homolog 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PMS1 gene.[1][2]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene was identified by its homology to a yeast protein involved in DNA mismatch repair. A role for this protein in mismatch repair has not been proven. However, the protein forms heterodimers with MLH1, a DNA mismatch repair protein, and some cases of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer have been found to have mutations in this gene.[2]

References

  1. Nicolaides NC, Papadopoulos N, Liu B, Wei YF, Carter KC, Ruben SM, Rosen CA, Haseltine WA, Fleischmann RD, Fraser CM (Sep 1994). “Mutations of two PMS homologues in hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer”. Nature. 371 (6492): 75–80. doi:10.1038/371075a0. PMID 8072530.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: PMS1 PMS1 postmeiotic segregation increased 1 (S. cerevisiae)”.

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