MLH1


Summary: The protein encoded by this gene can heterodimerize with mismatch repair endonuclease PMS2 to form MutL alpha, part of the DNA mismatch repair system. When MutL alpha is bound by MutS beta and some accessory proteins, the PMS2 subunit of MutL alpha introduces a single-strand break near DNA mismatches, providing an entry point for exonuclease degradation. The encoded protein is also involved in DNA damage signaling and can heterodimerize with DNA mismatch repair protein MLH3 to form MutL gamma, which is involved in meiosis. This gene was identified as a locus frequently mutated in hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC). [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2017].

NameOMIM IDEnsembl IDHGNC IDPHARMGKB IDMap Location
mutL homolog 1MIM:120436Ensembl:ENSG00000076242HGNC:HGNC:7127PA2403p22.2

GO terms in MLH1


Term TypeEvidence TypeGO Term IDGO Des.
MFIEAGO:0003682chromatin binding
MFIBAGO:0003697single-stranded DNA binding
MFIDAGO:0003697single-stranded DNA binding
MFIPIGO:0005515protein binding
MFIPIGO:0005515protein binding
MFIEAGO:0005524ATP binding
MFIBAGO:0016887ATPase activity
MFIEAGO:0032137guanine/thymine mispair binding
MFIDAGO:0032407MutSalpha complex binding
CCIBAGO:0000795synaptonemal complex
CCIEAGO:0001673male germ cell nucleus
CCICGO:0005634nucleus
CCIDAGO:0005654nucleoplasm
CCTASGO:0005654nucleoplasm
CCIBAGO:0005712chiasma
CCIEAGO:0005715late recombination nodule
CCHDAGO:0016020membrane
CCIBAGO:0032300mismatch repair complex
CCIBAGO:0032389MutLalpha complex
BPIEAGO:0000289nuclear-transcribed mRNA poly(A) tail shortening
BPIEAGO:0000712resolution of meiotic recombination intermediates
BPIBAGO:0006298mismatch repair
BPIGIGO:0006298mismatch repair
BPTASGO:0006298mismatch repair
BPIEAGO:0006303double-strand break repair via nonhomologous end joining
BPIEAGO:0007060male meiosis chromosome segregation
BPIEAGO:0007129synapsis
BPIEAGO:0007283spermatogenesis
BPIEAGO:0008630intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway in response to DNA damage
BPIEAGO:0016321female meiosis chromosome segregation
BPIBAGO:0016446somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin genes
BPIEAGO:0043060meiotic metaphase I plate congression
BPIEAGO:0045141meiotic telomere clustering
BPIEAGO:0045190isotype switching
BPIEAGO:0045950negative regulation of mitotic recombination
BPIEAGO:0048298positive regulation of isotype switching to IgA isotypes
BPIEAGO:0048304positive regulation of isotype switching to IgG isotypes
BPIEAGO:0048477oogenesis
BPIEAGO:0051257meiotic spindle midzone assembly

Gene expression in normal tissue: MLH1

Gene-model tissue-cancer distribution: Bubble Plot

Gene-drug pathway distribution

Pathways in MLH1


DatabasePathway IDPathway Des.
pharmgkbPA165292163Doxorubicin Pathway (Cancer Cell), Pharmacodynamics
pharmgkbPA165374494Busulfan Pathway, Pharmacodynamics
pidp53downstreampathwayDirect p53 effectors
kegghsa03430Mismatch repair - Homo sapiens (human)
kegghsa03460Fanconi anemia pathway - Homo sapiens (human)
kegghsa05200Pathways in cancer - Homo sapiens (human)
kegghsa05210Colorectal cancer - Homo sapiens (human)
kegghsa05213Endometrial cancer - Homo sapiens (human)
kegghsa05226Gastric cancer - Homo sapiens (human)
wikipathwaysWP34Ovarian Infertility Genes
wikipathwaysWP3808TP53 Regulates Transcription of DNA Repair Genes
wikipathwaysWP4216Chromosomal and microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer
wikipathwaysWP531Mismatch repair
reactomeR-HSA-1474165Reproduction
reactomeR-HSA-1500620Meiosis
reactomeR-HSA-1640170Cell Cycle
reactomeR-HSA-1643685Disease
reactomeR-HSA-212436Generic Transcription Pathway
reactomeR-HSA-3700989Transcriptional Regulation by TP53
reactomeR-HSA-5358508Mismatch Repair
reactomeR-HSA-5358508Mismatch Repair
reactomeR-HSA-5358565Mismatch repair (MMR) directed by MSH2:MSH6 (MutSalpha)
reactomeR-HSA-5358606Mismatch repair (MMR) directed by MSH2:MSH3 (MutSbeta)
reactomeR-HSA-5423599Diseases of Mismatch Repair (MMR)
reactomeR-HSA-5545483Defective Mismatch Repair Associated With MLH1
reactomeR-HSA-5632987Defective Mismatch Repair Associated With PMS2
reactomeR-HSA-6796648TP53 Regulates Transcription of DNA Repair Genes
reactomeR-HSA-73857RNA Polymerase II Transcription
reactomeR-HSA-73894DNA Repair
reactomeR-HSA-73894DNA Repair
reactomeR-HSA-74160Gene expression (Transcription)
reactomeR-HSA-912446Meiotic recombination

Gene-Drug: Aster Plot


Drug IDDrug NameModel Num.
iGMDRD39Pyrimethamine1
iGMDRD123Isoevodiamine2
iGMDRD536PLX-47201
iGMDRD57Chloropentafluorobenzene3
iGMDRD352PD-03259011
iGMDRD351GW843682X1
iGMDRD368Oxaliplatin1
iGMDRD583LDN 1931891
iGMDRD116CD4373
iGMDRD560MK-22062
iGMDRD150RITA2
iGMDRD456Crizotinib2
iGMDRD345Compound 10b [PMID: 11504634]2
iGMDRD512nutlin 32
iGMDRD353PD03259011
iGMDRD412VX-7021
iGMDRD505Pevonedistat3
iGMDRD3PD-1730741
iGMDRD329Merck602
iGMDRD286Nsc 63283910
iGMDRD872BRD71373
iGMDRD68Paclitaxel2
iGMDRD705Nakiterpiosin1
iGMDRD105Triptolide2
iGMDRD103SN-384
iGMDRD121GMX17783
iGMDRD158NSC1415403
iGMDRD466Chaetocin2
iGMDRD748PHA-6657521
iGMDRD193Fqi12
iGMDRD494Neopeltolide3
iGMDRD670ML 2101
iGMDRD420Leucascandrolide A5
iGMDRD136Nutlin-31
iGMDRD409Saracatinib1
iGMDRD151CHM-15
iGMDRD356PNU-746542
iGMDRD41Imatinib1
iGMDRD225AC1MD3YP1
iGMDRD96S-Trityl-L-cysteine1
iGMDRD190Nilotinib1
iGMDRD131Erlotinib1
iGMDRD64Parbendazole2
iGMDRD133Lapatinib1
iGMDRD188Piperlongumine5
iGMDRD399Selumetinib4
iGMDRD543GDC-04491
iGMDRD887Compound 23 citrate2
iGMDRD441TW 372
iGMDRD468AZ6281
iGMDRD318PAC-11
iGMDRD30917AAG1
iGMDRD284Palbociclib1
iGMDRD260FQI-23
iGMDRD33Entinostat1
iGMDRD134Sorafenib1
iGMDRD493GSK269962A1
iGMDRD491TAE-6841
iGMDRD138PX 122

Gene in drug-gene network: Network Plot

Gene-drug targets distribution

Gene Structure: PDB

Models in MLH1

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