MRE11A Antibodies

Target Information

Component of the MRN complex, which plays a central role in double-strand break (DSB) repair, DNA recombination, maintenance of telomere integrity and meiosis. The complex possesses single-strand endonuclease activity and double-strand-specific 3'-5' exonuclease activity, which are provided by MRE11. RAD50 may be required to bind DNA ends and hold them in close proximity. This could facilitate searches for short or long regions of sequence homology in the recombining DNA templates, and may also stimulate the activity of DNA ligases and/or restrict the nuclease activity of MRE11 to prevent nucleolytic degradation past a given point. The complex may also be required for DNA damage signaling via activation of the ATM kinase. In telomeres the MRN complex may modulate t-loop formation. Belongs to the MRE11/RAD32 family. 3 alternatively spliced human isoforms have been reported. Note: This description may include information from UniProtKB.

Alternate Names

AT-like disease; ATLD; DNA recombination and repair protein; Double-strand break repair protein MRE11; Double-strand break repair protein MRE11A; endo/exonuclease Mre11; HNGS1; Meiotic recombination 11 homolog 1; Meiotic recombination 11 homolog A; MRE11; MRE11 double strand break repair nuclease A; MRE11 homolog 1; MRE11 homolog A; MRE11 homolog A, double strand break repair nuclease; MRE11 homolog, double strand break repair nuclease; MRE11 homolog, double strand break repair nuclease A; MRE11 meiotic recombination 11 homolog A; MRE11 meiotic recombination 11 homolog A (S. cerevisiae); MRE11 meiotic recombination 11-like protein A; MRE11A; MRE11B