Structural highlights
Function
[PARC_STRPN] Topoisomerase IV is essential for chromosome segregation. It relaxes supercoiled DNA. Performs the decatenation events required during the replication of a circular DNA molecule.[1] [2]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The 2.7 A crystal structure of the 55-kDa N-terminal breakage-reunion domain of topoisomerase (topo) IV subunit A (ParC) from Streptococcus pneumoniae, the first for the quinolone targets from a gram-positive bacterium, has been solved and reveals a 'closed' dimer similar in fold to Escherichia coli DNA gyrase subunit A (GyrA), but distinct from the 'open' gate structure of Escherichia coli ParC. Unlike GyrA whose DNA binding groove is largely positively charged, the DNA binding site of ParC exhibits a distinct pattern of alternating positively and negatively charged regions coincident with the predicted positions of the grooves and phosphate backbone of DNA. Based on the ParC structure, a new induced-fit model for sequence-specific recognition of the gate (G) segment by ParC has been proposed. These features may account for the unique DNA recognition and quinolone targeting properties of pneumococcal type II topoisomerases compared to their gram-negative counterparts.
Breakage-reunion domain of Streptococcus pneumoniae topoisomerase IV: crystal structure of a gram-positive quinolone target.,Laponogov I, Veselkov DA, Sohi MK, Pan XS, Achari A, Yang C, Ferrara JD, Fisher LM, Sanderson MR PLoS ONE. 2007 Mar 21;2(3):e301. PMID:17375187[3]
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References
- ↑ Laponogov I, Veselkov DA, Sohi MK, Pan XS, Achari A, Yang C, Ferrara JD, Fisher LM, Sanderson MR. Breakage-reunion domain of Streptococcus pneumoniae topoisomerase IV: crystal structure of a gram-positive quinolone target. PLoS ONE. 2007 Mar 21;2(3):e301. PMID:17375187 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000301
- ↑ Laponogov I, Pan XS, Veselkov DA, McAuley KE, Fisher LM, Sanderson MR. Structural basis of gate-DNA breakage and resealing by type II topoisomerases. PLoS One. 2010 Jun 28;5(6):e11338. PMID:20596531 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011338
- ↑ Laponogov I, Veselkov DA, Sohi MK, Pan XS, Achari A, Yang C, Ferrara JD, Fisher LM, Sanderson MR. Breakage-reunion domain of Streptococcus pneumoniae topoisomerase IV: crystal structure of a gram-positive quinolone target. PLoS ONE. 2007 Mar 21;2(3):e301. PMID:17375187 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000301
