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6rkw is a 8 chain structure with sequence from Ecoli. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
[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] [GYRB_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.[4][5][6]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
DNA gyrase is an essential enzyme involved in the homeostatic control of DNA supercoiling and the target of successful antibacterial compounds. Despite extensive studies, a detailed architecture of the full-length DNA gyrase from the model organism E. coli is still missing. Herein, we report the complete structure of the E. coli DNA gyrase nucleoprotein complex trapped by the antibiotic gepotidacin, using phase-plate single-particle cryo-electron microscopy. Our data unveil the structural and spatial organization of the functional domains, their connections and the position of the conserved GyrA-box motif. The deconvolution of two states of the DNA-binding/cleavage domain provides a better understanding of the allosteric movements of the enzyme complex. The local atomic resolution in the DNA-bound area reaching up to 3.0 A enables the identification of the antibiotic density. Altogether, this study paves the way for the cryo-EM determination of gyrase complexes with antibiotics and opens perspectives for targeting conformational intermediates.
Cryo-EM structure of the complete E. coli DNA gyrase nucleoprotein complex.,Vanden Broeck A, Lotz C, Ortiz J, Lamour V Nat Commun. 2019 Oct 30;10(1):4935. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12914-y. PMID:31666516[7]
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↑ 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
↑ Noble CG, Maxwell A. The role of GyrB in the DNA cleavage-religation reaction of DNA gyrase: a proposed two metal-ion mechanism. J Mol Biol. 2002 Apr 26;318(2):361-71. PMID:12051843 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00049-9
↑ 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
↑ Schoeffler AJ, May AP, Berger JM. A domain insertion in Escherichia coli GyrB adopts a novel fold that plays a critical role in gyrase function. Nucleic Acids Res. 2010 Jul 31. PMID:20675723 doi:10.1093/nar/gkq665
↑ Vanden Broeck A, Lotz C, Ortiz J, Lamour V. Cryo-EM structure of the complete E. coli DNA gyrase nucleoprotein complex. Nat Commun. 2019 Oct 30;10(1):4935. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12914-y. PMID:31666516 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12914-y
