1. Compare MLH1 (answer of assignment 2.6) and mutS (answer of 2.7) sequence.
No significant similarity was found
2. Translate the above two gene sequences to protein sequences.

MLH1ĄGMSFVAGVIRRLDETVVNRIAAGEVIQRPANAIKEMIENCLDAKSTSIQVIVKEG
GLKLIQIQDNGTGIRKEDLDIVCERFTTSKLQSFEDLASISTYGFRGEALASISHVAHVTITTK
TADGKCAYRASYSDGKLKAPPKPCAGNQGTQITVEDLFYNIATRRKALKNPSEEYGKILEV
VGRYSVHNAGISFSVKKQGETVADVRTLPNASTVDNIRSIFGNAVSRELIEIGCEDKTLAFK
MNGYISNANYSVKKCIFLLFINHRLVESTSLRKAIETVYAAYLPKNTHPFLYLSLEISPQNVD
VNVHPTKHEVHFLHEESILERVQQHIESKLLGSNSSRMYFTQTLLPGLAGPSGEMVKSTTSL
TSSSTSGSSDKVYAHQMVRTDSREQKLDAFLQPLSKPLSSQPQAIVTEDKTDISSGRARQQD
EEMLELPAPAEVAAKNQSLEGDTTKGTSEMSEKRGPTSSNPRKRHREDSDVEMVEDDSRKE
MTAACTPRRRIINLTSVLSLQEEINEQGHEVLREMLHNHSFVGCVNPQWALAQHQTKLYLL
NTTKLSEELFYQILIYDFANFGVLRLSEPAPLFDLAMLALDSPESGWTEEDGPKEGLAEYIVE
FLKKKAEMLADYFSLEIDEEGNLIGLPLLIDNYVPPLEGLPIFILRLATEVNWDEEKECFESLS
KECAMFYSIRKQYISEESTLSGQQSEVPGSIPNSWKWTVEHIVYKALRSHILPPKHFTEDGNI
LQLANLPDLYKVFERC*

mutSĄG

MSAIENFDAHTPMMQQYLRLKAQHPEILLFYRMGDFYELFYDDAKRASQLLDISLT
KRGASAGEPIPMAGIPYHAVENYLAKLVNQGESVAICEQIGDPATSKGPVERKVVRIVTPGT
ISDEALLQERQDNLLAAIWQDSKGFGYATLDISSGRFRLSEPADRETMAAELQRTNPAELLY
AEDFAEMSLIEGRRGLRRRPLWEFEIDTARQQLNLQFGTRDLVGFGVENAPRGLCAAGCLL
QYAKDTQRTTLPHIRSITMEREQDSIIMDAATRRNLEITQNLAGGAENTLASVLDCTVTPMG
SRMLKRWLHMPVRDTRVLLERQQTIGALQDFTAGLQPVLRQVGDLERILARLALRTARPR
DLARMRHAFQQLPELRAQLETVDSAPVQALREKMGEFAELRDLLERAIIDTPPVLVRDGGV
IASGYNEELDEWRALADGATDYLERLEVRERERTGLDTLKVGFNAVHGYYIQISRGQSHLA
PINYMRRQTLKNAERYIIPELKEYEDKVLTSKGKALALEKQLYEELFDLLLPHLEALQQSAS
ALAELDVLVNLAERAYTLNYTCPTFIDKPGIRITEGRHPVVEQVLNEPFIANPLNLSPQRRML
IITGPNMGGKSTYMRQTALIALMAYIGSYVPAQKVEIGPIDRIFTRVGAADDLASGRSTFMV
EMTETANILHNATEYSLVLMDEIGRGTSTYDGLSLAWACAENLANKIKALTLFATHYFELT
QLPEKMEGVANVHLDALEHGDTIAFMHSVQDGAASKSYGLAVAALAGVPKEVIKRARQK
LRELESISPNAAATQVDGTQMSLLSVPEETSPAVEALENLDPDSLTPRQALEWIYRLKSLV*

3.Perform protein sequence homology searching for MLH1 in GenBank. Give the 10 highest hits.
gi|13878583|sp|Q9JK91|MLH1_MOUSE
gi|13591989|ref|NP_112315.1| (NM_031053)
gi|4557757|ref|NP_000240.1| (NM_000249)
gi|466462|gb|AAA17374.1| (U07418)
gi|604369|gb|AAA85687.1| (U17857)
gi|12835158|dbj|BAB23172.1| (AK004105) putative [Mus musculus]
gi|13543339|gb|AAH05833.1|AAH05833 (BC005833)
gi|7304079|gb|AAF59117.1| (AE003838) Mlh1 gene product
gi|3192877|gb|AAC19117.1| (AF068257) mutL homolog
gi|460627|gb|AAA16835.1| (U07187) Mlh1p
4. Compare human MLH1 protein with MLH1 in M. musculus, R. norvegicus and D. melanogaster. Give the pairwise alignment and % of sequence smility.

M. musculusĄGScore = 1329 bits (3440), Expect = 0.0
Identities = 670/760 (88%), Positives = 714/760 (93%), Gaps = 4/760 (0%)

R. norvegicusĄGScore = 1306 bits (3380), Expect = 0.0
Identities = 659/758 (86%), Positives = 707/758 (92%), Gaps = 3/758 (0%)

D. melanogasterĄGScore = 652 bits (1682), Expect = 0.0
Identities = 348/751 (46%), Positives = 476/751 (63%), Gaps = 94/751 (12%)

5. Search the conserve domain (CD) for MLH1. Give the position of the CD, name of CD and Pfam ID number.

positionĄG147-327
nameĄGDNA_mis_repair, DNA mismatch repair protein. Also known as the mutL/hexB/PMS1 family.
Pfam ID numberĄG01119

6. Show multiple alignment of MLH1 conserve domain with 5 sequences from the top of the CD alignment.
multiple alignment of MLH1 conserve domain
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