Gyrase

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spinqualitylabelsall models Gyrase subunit A N-terminal (yellow) and subunit B C-terminal (green) complex with DNA (magenta, cyan), inhibitor, sulfate and Mn+2 ion (purple) (PDB entry 4plb) Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image Function Gyrase (Gyr) is a type of topoisomerase II in prokaryotes which unwinds double stranded DNA. The DNA Gyr cutting allows the formation of a negative DNA supercoil which enables replication of DNA[1] Gyr consists of 2 subunits: GyrA and GyrB. Reverse gyrase (Top-RG) is a type of topoisomerase I which catalyses the formation of positive DNA supercoil. [2] See also Isomerases. Relevance GyrA inhibitor Ciprofloxacin is used as antibiotic drug.

3D Structure of Gyrase

Updated on 20-March-2016

Additional Resources

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References

1. ↑ Reece RJ, Maxwell A. DNA gyrase: structure and function. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol. 1991;26(3-4):335-75. PMID:1657531 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10409239109114072
2. ↑ Napoli A, Valenti A, Salerno V, Nadal M, Garnier F, Rossi M, Ciaramella M. Functional interaction of reverse gyrase with single-strand binding protein of the archaeon Sulfolobus. Nucleic Acids Res. 2005 Jan 26;33(2):564-76. Print 2005. PMID:15673717 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gki202