title: Cloning and sequencing a human homolog (hMYH) of the Escherichia coli mutY gene whose function is required for the repair of oxidative DNA damage.
abstract: We have cloned the human mutY gene (hMYH) from both genomic and cDNA libraries. The human gene contains 15 introns and is 7.1 kb long. The 16 exons encode a protein of 535 amino acids that displays 41% identity to the Escherichia coli protein, which provides an important function in the repair of oxidative damage to DNA and helps to prevent mutations from oxidative lesions. The human mutY gene maps on the short arm of chromosome 1, between p32.1 and p34.3.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Slupska
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baikalov
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Luther
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA; D045647:DNA Glycosylases; D004260:DNA Repair; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D045647:DNA Glycosylases; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases; C061738:mutY adenine glycosylase