DNA mismatch repair in trinucleotide repeat instability

Jinzhen Guo, Luping Chen, Guo Min Li

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Abstract

Trinucleotide repeat expansions cause over 30 severe neuromuscular and neurodegenerative disorders, including Huntington’s disease, myotonic dystrophy type 1, and fragile X syndrome. Although previous studies have substantially advanced the understanding of the disease biology, many key features remain unknown. DNA mismatch repair (MMR) plays a critical role in genome maintenance by removing DNA mismatches generated during DNA replication. However, MMR components, particularly mismatch recognition protein MutSβ and its interacting factors MutLα and MutLγ, have been implicated in trinucleotide repeat instability. In this review, we will discuss the roles of these key MMR proteins in promoting trinucleotide repeat instability.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1087-1092
Number of pages6
JournalScience China Life Sciences
Volume60
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2017

Keywords

  • DNA mismatch repair
  • MutSβ
  • neurodegenerative diseases
  • trinucleotide repeat instability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Environmental Science
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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