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Characterization of DNA Binding by the Isolated N-Terminal Domain of Vaccinia Virus DNA Topoisomerase IB.
Biochemistry - 5 Jul 2017
Reed Benjamin, Yakovleva Lyudmila, Shuman Stewart, Ghose Ranajeet
Abstract excerpt
Vaccinia TopIB (vTopIB), a 314-amino acid eukaryal-type IB topoisomerase, recognizes and transesterifies at the DNA sequence 5'-(T/C)CCTT↓, leading to the formation of a covalent DNA-(3'-phosphotyrosyl274)-enzyme intermediate in the supercoil relaxation reaction. The C-terminal segment of vTopIB (amino acids 81-314), which engages the DNA minor groove at the scissile phosphodiester, comprises an autonomous...
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