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Distinct regions of the Escherichia coli ParC C-terminal domain are required for substrate discrimination by topoisomerase IV.
Journal of molecular biology - 9 Sept 2013
Vos Seychelle M, Lee Imsang, Berger James M
Abstract excerpt
Type IIA DNA topoisomerases are essential enzymes that use ATP to maintain chromosome supercoiling and remove links between sister chromosomes. In Escherichia coli, the type IIA topoisomerase topo IV rapidly removes positive supercoils and catenanes from DNA but is significantly slower when confronted with negatively supercoiled substrates. The ability of topo IV to discriminate between positively and negatively...
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