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Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedThe M200V polymorphism of the human DMC1 protein, which is an essential, meiosis-specific DNA recombinase, was found in an infertile patient, raising the question of whether this homozygous human DMC1-M200V polymorphism may cause infertility by affecting the function of the human DMC1 protein. In the present study, we determined the crystal structure of the human DMC1-M200V variant in the octameric-ring form. Biochemical analyses revealed that the human DMC1-M200V variant had reduced stability, and was moderately defective in catalyzing in vitro recombination reactions. The corresponding M194V mutation introduced in the Schizosaccharomyces pombe dmc1 gene caused a significant decrease in the meiotic homologous recombination frequency. Together, these structural, biochemical and genetic results provide extensive evidence that the human DMC1-M200V mutation impairs its function, supporting the previous interpretation that this single-nucleotide polymorphism is a source of human infertility. Structural and functional analyses of the DMC1-M200V polymorphism found in the human population.,Hikiba J, Hirota K, Kagawa W, Ikawa S, Kinebuchi T, Sakane I, Takizawa Y, Yokoyama S, Mandon-Pepin B, Nicolas A, Shibata T, Ohta K, Kurumizaka H Nucleic Acids Res. 2008 Jul;36(12):4181-90. Epub 2008 Jun 19. PMID:18566005[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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