PMID- 21252998 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110216 LR - 20220408 IS - 1471-0080 (Electronic) IS - 1471-0072 (Print) IS - 1471-0072 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 2 DP - 2011 Feb TI - The MRE11 complex: starting from the ends. PG - 90-103 LID - 10.1038/nrm3047 [doi] AB - The maintenance of genome stability depends on the DNA damage response (DDR), which is a functional network comprising signal transduction, cell cycle regulation and DNA repair. The metabolism of DNA double-strand breaks governed by the DDR is important for preventing genomic alterations and sporadic cancers, and hereditary defects in this response cause debilitating human pathologies, including developmental defects and cancer. The MRE11 complex, composed of the meiotic recombination 11 (MRE11), RAD50 and Nijmegen breakage syndrome 1 (NBS1; also known as nibrin) proteins is central to the DDR, and recent insights into its structure and function have been gained from in vitro structural analysis and studies of animal models in which the DDR response is deficient. FAU - Stracker, Travis H AU - Stracker TH AD - Institute for Research in Biomedicine Barcelona, C/ Baldiri Reixac 10, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. travis.stracker@irbbarcelona.org FAU - Petrini, John H J AU - Petrini JH LA - eng GR - R37 GM059413/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R13 CA162528/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA008748/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM059413/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM056888/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - England TA - Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol JT - Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology JID - 100962782 RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - EC 6.5.1.- (DNA Repair Enzymes) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded MH - *DNA Repair MH - DNA Repair Enzymes/chemistry/metabolism MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Pyrococcus furiosus/chemistry/metabolism PMC - PMC3905242 MID - NIHMS548067 EDAT- 2011/01/22 06:00 MHDA- 2011/02/17 06:00 PMCR- 2014/01/29 CRDT- 2011/01/22 06:00 PHST- 2011/01/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/01/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/02/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/01/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - nrm3047 [pii] AID - 10.1038/nrm3047 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2011 Feb;12(2):90-103. doi: 10.1038/nrm3047.