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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Repair of DNA double-strand breaks via homologous recombination can produce double Holliday junctions (dHJs) that require enzymatic separation. Topoisomerase IIIalpha (TopIIIalpha) together with RMI1 disentangles the final hemicatenane intermediate obtained once dHJs have converged. How binding of RMI1 to TopIIIalpha influences it to behave as a hemicatenane dissolvase, rather than as an enzyme that relaxes DNA topology, is unknown. Here, we present the crystal structure of human TopIIIalpha complexed to the first oligonucleotide-binding domain (OB fold) of RMI1. TopIII assumes a toroidal type 1A topoisomerase fold. RMI1 attaches to the edge of the gate in TopIIIalpha through which DNA passes. RMI1 projects a 23-residue loop into the TopIIIalpha gate, thereby influencing the dynamics of its opening and closing. Our results provide a mechanistic rationale for how RMI1 stabilizes TopIIIalpha-gate opening to enable dissolution and illustrate how binding partners modulate topoisomerase function.

Structural and mechanistic insight into Holliday-junction dissolution by Topoisomerase IIIalpha and RMI1.,Bocquet N, Bizard AH, Abdulrahman W, Larsen NB, Faty M, Cavadini S, Bunker RD, Kowalczykowski SC, Cejka P, Hickson ID, Thoma NH Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2014 Feb 9. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.2775. PMID:24509834^[1]

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