Structural highlights
Function
[TOP1_ECOLI] Releases the supercoiling and torsional tension of DNA, which is introduced during the DNA replication and transcription, by transiently cleaving and rejoining one strand of the DNA duplex. Introduces a single-strand break via transesterification at a target site in duplex DNA. The scissile phosphodiester is attacked by the catalytic tyrosine of the enzyme, resulting in the formation of a DNA-(5'-phosphotyrosyl)-enzyme intermediate and the expulsion of a 3'-OH DNA strand. The free DNA strand then undergoes passage around the unbroken strand, thus removing DNA supercoils. Finally, in the religation step, the DNA 3'-OH attacks the covalent intermediate to expel the active-site tyrosine and restore the DNA phosphodiester backbone.[1] [2] [3]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The three-dimensional structure of the 67K amino-terminal fragment of Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase I has been determined to 2.2 A resolution. The polypeptide folds in an unusual way to give four distinct domains enclosing a hole large enough to accommodate a double-stranded DNA. The active-site tyrosyl residue, which is involved in the transient breakage of a DNA strand and the formation of a covalent enzyme-DNA intermediate, is present at the interface of two domains. The structure suggests a plausible mechanism by which E. coli DNA topoisomerase I and other members of the same DNA topoisomerase subfamily could catalyse the passage of one DNA strand through a transient break in another strand.
Three-dimensional structure of the 67K N-terminal fragment of E. coli DNA topoisomerase I.,Lima CD, Wang JC, Mondragon A Nature. 1994 Jan 13;367(6459):138-46. PMID:8114910[4]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Chen SJ, Wang JC. Identification of active site residues in Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase I. J Biol Chem. 1998 Mar 13;273(11):6050-6. PMID:9497321
- ↑ Zhu CX, Tse-Dinh YC. The acidic triad conserved in type IA DNA topoisomerases is required for binding of Mg(II) and subsequent conformational change. J Biol Chem. 2000 Feb 25;275(8):5318-22. PMID:10681504
- ↑ Zhang Z, Cheng B, Tse-Dinh YC. Crystal structure of a covalent intermediate in DNA cleavage and rejoining by Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase I. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Apr 26;108(17):6939-44. Epub 2011 Apr 11. PMID:21482796 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1100300108
- ↑ Lima CD, Wang JC, Mondragon A. Three-dimensional structure of the 67K N-terminal fragment of E. coli DNA topoisomerase I. Nature. 1994 Jan 13;367(6459):138-46. PMID:8114910 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/367138a0
