Positive supercoiling catalysed in vitro by ATP-dependent topoisomerase from Desulfurococcus amylolyticus
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Positive supercoiling catalysed in vitro by ATP-dependent topoisomerase from Desulfurococcus amylolyticus
Abstract
A topoisomerase capable of introducing positive supercoils into closed-circular DNA has been isolated from the extremely thermophilic anaerobic archaebacterium Desulfurococcus amylolyticus. This polypeptide has an Mr of 135,000, as determined by electrophoresis under denaturing conditions. The enzyme is active in the temperature range from 65 degrees C to 100 degrees C and catalyzes positive supercoiling both in negatively supercoiled DNA and in relaxed DNA. These reactions require the presence of ATP. The enzyme's action on a single topoisomer has shown the linking number to increase by an integral number upon the relaxation of negative supercoils and the introduction of positive ones. This means that the reverse gyrase from D. amylolyticus is a type I topoisomerase. The presence of an extended AT sequence within the closed-circular DNA enhances the activity of the Desulfurococcus topoisomerase. Even though the enzyme is isolated from a strictly anaerobic bacterium, it is fully active in the presence of oxygen.
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