NCBI Accession #
NP_192116.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_116438.2
NCBI Official Full Name
MUTS homolog 6
NCBI Official Symbol
MSH6
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA MUTS HOMOLOG 6; ATMSH6; MSH6-1; MUTS HOMOLOG 6-1; MUTS homolog 6; MUTS HOMOLOG 6-1; T10M13.8; T10M13_8
NCBI Protein Information
MUTS homolog 6
NCBI Summary
encodes a DNA mismatch repair homolog of human MutS gene, MSH6. There are four MutS genes in Arabidopsis, MSH2, MSH3, MSH6, and MSH7, which all act as heterodimers and bind to 51-mer duplexes. MSH2*MSH6 bound the (+T) substrate strongly, (T/G) well, and (+AAG) no better than it did a (T/A) homoduplex.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
AGAA.3; MSH6-1; AtMSH6
UniProt Protein Name
DNA mismatch repair protein MSH6
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
MutS protein homolog 6
UniProt Primary Accession #
O04716
UniProt Related Accession #
O04716
UniProt Comments
Component of the post-replicative DNA mismatch repair system (MMR). Forms the heterodimer MutS alpha (MSH2-MSH6 heterodimer) which binds to DNA mismatches thereby initiating DNA repair. MutS alpha recognizes single base mismatches and trinucleotide insertion-deletion loops (IDL) in the DNA. Is involved in a UV-B-induced DNA damage response pathway.