| Literature DB >> 10692165 |
Z Li1, A Mondragón, H Hiasa, K J Marians, R J DiGate.
Abstract
A 17-amino-acid residue domain has been identified in Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase III (Topo III) that is essential for Topo III-mediated resolution of DNA replication intermediates in vitro. Deletion of this domain reduced Topo III-catalysed resolution of DNA replication intermediates and decatenation of multiply linked plasmid DNA dimers by four orders of magnitude, whereas reducing Topo III-catalysed relaxation of negatively supercoiled DNA substrates only 20-fold. The presence of this domain has been detected in multiple plasmid-encoded topoisomerases, raising the possibility that these enzymes may also be decatenases.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10692165 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01763.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Microbiol ISSN: 0950-382X Impact factor: 3.501