Structural highlights
Function
GYRA_ECOLI DNA gyrase negatively supercoils closed circular double-stranded DNA in an ATP-dependent manner and also catalyzes the interconversion of other topological isomers of double-stranded DNA rings, including catenanes and knotted rings.[1] [2] [3]
Evolutionary Conservation
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See Also
References
- ↑ Hockings SC, Maxwell A. Identification of four GyrA residues involved in the DNA breakage-reunion reaction of DNA gyrase. J Mol Biol. 2002 Apr 26;318(2):351-9. PMID:12051842 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00048-7
- ↑ Sissi C, Chemello A, Vazquez E, Mitchenall LA, Maxwell A, Palumbo M. DNA gyrase requires DNA for effective two-site coordination of divalent metal ions: further insight into the mechanism of enzyme action. Biochemistry. 2008 Aug 19;47(33):8538-45. doi: 10.1021/bi800480j. Epub 2008 Jul, 22. PMID:18642932 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi800480j
- ↑ Edwards MJ, Flatman RH, Mitchenall LA, Stevenson CE, Le TB, Clarke TA, McKay AR, Fiedler HP, Buttner MJ, Lawson DM, Maxwell A. A crystal structure of the bifunctional antibiotic simocyclinone D8, bound to DNA gyrase. Science. 2009 Dec 4;326(5958):1415-8. PMID:19965760 doi:326/5958/1415
