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- W3159969605 abstract "Abstract Type IIA topoisomerases catalyze a variety of different reactions: eukaryotic topoisomerase II relaxes DNA in an ATP-dependent reaction, whereas the bacterial representatives gyrase and topoisomerase IV (Topo IV) preferentially introduce negative supercoils into DNA (gyrase) or decatenate DNA (Topo IV). Gyrase and Topo IV perform separate, dedicated tasks during replication: gyrase removes positive supercoils in front, Topo IV removes pre-catenanes behind the replication fork. Despite their well-separated cellular functions, gyrase and Topo IV have an overlapping activity spectrum: gyrase is also able to catalyze DNA decatenation, although less efficiently than Topo IV. The balance between supercoiling and decatenation activities is different for gyrases from different organisms. Both enzymes consist of a conserved topoisomerase core and structurally divergent C-terminal domains (CTDs). Deletion of the entire CTD, mutation of a conserved motif and even by just a single point mutation within the CTD converts gyrase into a Topo IV-like enzyme, implicating the CTDs as the major determinant for function. Here, we summarize the structural and mechanistic features that make a type IIA topoisomerase a gyrase or a Topo IV, and discuss the implications for type IIA topoisomerase evolution." @default.
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- W3159969605 date "2021-04-27" @default.
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- W3159969605 title "What makes a type IIA topoisomerase a gyrase or a Topo IV?" @default.
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