| Literature DB >> 186775 |
M Gellert, K Mizuuchi, M H O'Dea, H A Nash.
Abstract
Relaxed closed-circular DNA is converted to negatively supercoiled DNA by DNA gyrase. This enzyme has been purified from Escherichia coli cells. The reaction requires ATP and Mg++ and is stimulated by spermidine. The enzyme acts equally well on relaxed closed-circular colicin E1, phage lambda, and simian virus 40 DNA. The final superhelix density of the DNA can be considerably greater than that found in intracellularly supercoiled DNA.Entities:
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Year: 1976 PMID: 186775 PMCID: PMC431247 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.73.11.3872
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205