<p>This group represents a number of eukaryotic and archaeal DNA repair and recombination proteins which are homologous to the bacterial protein RecA.</p><p>The recA gene product (<db_xref db="INTERPRO" dbkey="IPR013765"/>) is a multifunctional enzyme that plays a role in homologous recombination, DNA repair and induction of the SOS response [<cite idref="PUB00003747"/>].</p>