Diverse energetic effects of charge reversal mutations of poxvirus topoisomerase IB.

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A key aspect of the reaction mechanism of type IB topoisomerases is the controlled unwinding of DNA supercoils while the enzyme is transiently bound to one strand of the DNA duplex via a phosphotyrosyl linkage. In this complex, the mobile segment of the bound DNA downstream from the site of cleavage must rotate around the helical axis, requiring that interactions with the enzyme must break and re-form multiple...

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