DMC1, Official Symbol DMC1provided by HGNC Official Full Name DNA meiotic recombinase 1provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:2927 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000100206 MIM:602721; AllianceGenome:HGNC:2927 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as DMC1H; LIM15; dJ199H16.1 Summary This gene encodes a member of the superfamily of recombinases (also called DNA strand-exchange proteins). Recombinases are important for repairing double-strand DNA breaks during mitosis and meiosis. This protein, which is evolutionarily conserved, is reported to be essential for meiotic homologous recombination and may thus play an important role in generating diversity of genetic information. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, May 2013] Expression Biased expression in testis (RPKM 4.8), lymph node (RPKM 0.7) and 8 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all