<p> This entry describes DMC1, a subfamily of a larger family of DNA repair and recombination proteins. It is eukaryotic only and most closely related to eukaryotic RAD51. It also resembles archaeal RadA (<db_xref db="INTERPRO" dbkey="IPR011938"/>) and RadB (<db_xref db="INTERPRO" dbkey="IPR011939"/>) and bacterial RecA. It has been characterised for human as a recombinase active only in meiosis [<cite idref="PUB00015613"/>].</p>