MMR cont
5. MutS-MutL recruits UvrD helicase,
which in concert with an
exsonuclease, separates the strands
and degradates the nicked strand from
the nick to beyond the mismatch.
If nick is 3’ side: exsonuclease I (3’->5’
exsonulcease
If nick is 5’ side: RecJ or exsonuclease
VII (5’->3’ exsonuclease)
6. DNA pol III fills gap and DNA ligase
seals nick