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  Domain Name: MutS_II
MutS domain II. This domain is found in proteins of the MutS family (DNA mismatch repair proteins) and is found associated with pfam00488, pfam01624, pfam05192 and pfam05190. The MutS family of proteins is named after the Salmonella typhimurium MutS protein involved in mismatch repair; other members of the family included the eukaryotic MSH 1,2,3, 4,5 and 6 proteins. These have various roles in DNA repair and recombination. Human MSH has been implicated in non-polyposis colorectal carcinoma (HNPCC) and is a mismatch binding protein. This domain corresponds to domain II in Thermus aquaticus MutS as characterized in, and has similarity resembles RNAse-H-like domains (see pfam00075).