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Direct observation of helicase-topoisomerase coupling within reverse gyrase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:10856-10864. [PMID: 32371489 PMCID: PMC7245102 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1921848117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Reverse gyrases (RGs) are the only topoisomerases capable of generating positive supercoils in DNA. Members of the type IA family, they do so by generating a single-strand break in substrate DNA and then manipulating the two single strands to generate positive topology. Here, we use single-molecule experimentation to reveal the obligatory succession of steps that make up the catalytic cycle of RG. In the initial state, RG binds to DNA and unwinds ∼2 turns of the double helix in an ATP-independent fashion. Upon nucleotide binding, RG then rewinds ∼1 turn of DNA. Nucleotide hydrolysis and/or product release leads to an increase of 2 units of DNA writhe and resetting of the enzyme, for a net change of topology of +1 turn per cycle. Final dissociation of RG from DNA results in rewinding of the 2 turns of DNA that were initially disrupted. These results show how tight coupling of the helicase and topoisomerase activities allows for induction of positive supercoiling despite opposing torque.
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Cheng B, Annamalai T, Sandhaus S, Bansod P, Tse-Dinh YC. Inhibition of Zn(II) binding type IA topoisomerases by organomercury compounds and Hg(II). PLoS One 2015; 10:e0120022. [PMID: 25798600 PMCID: PMC4370478 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2014] [Accepted: 01/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Type IA topoisomerase activities are essential for resolving DNA topological barriers via an enzyme-mediated transient single strand DNA break. Accumulation of topoisomerase DNA cleavage product can lead to cell death or genomic rearrangement. Many antibacterial and anticancer drugs act as topoisomerase poison inhibitors that form stabilized ternary complexes with the topoisomerase covalent intermediate, so it is desirable to identify such inhibitors for type IA topoisomerases. Here we report that organomercury compounds were identified during a fluorescence based screening of the NIH diversity set of small molecules for topoisomerase inhibitors that can increase the DNA cleavage product of Yersinia pestis topoisomerase I. Inhibition of relaxation activity and accumulation of DNA cleavage product were confirmed for these organomercury compounds in gel based assays of Escherichia coli topoisomerase I. Hg(II), but not As(III), could also target the cysteines that form the multiple Zn(II) binding tetra-cysteine motifs found in the C-terminal domains of these bacterial topoisomerase I for relaxation activity inhibition. Mycobacterium tuberculosis topoisomerase I activity is not sensitive to Hg(II) or the organomercury compounds due to the absence of the Zn(II) binding cysteines. It is significant that the type IA topoisomerases with Zn(II) binding domains can still cleave DNA when interfered by Hg(II) or organomercury compounds. The Zn(II) binding domains found in human Top3α and Top3β may be potential targets of toxic metals and organometallic complexes, with potential consequence on genomic stability and development.
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- Bokun Cheng
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America
- Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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Genome stability: recent insights in the topoisomerase reverse gyrase and thermophilic DNA alkyltransferase. Extremophiles 2014; 18:895-904. [DOI: 10.1007/s00792-014-0662-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2014] [Accepted: 05/18/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Lulchev P, Klostermeier D. Reverse gyrase--recent advances and current mechanistic understanding of positive DNA supercoiling. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:8200-13. [PMID: 25013168 PMCID: PMC4117796 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Reverse gyrases are topoisomerases that introduce positive supercoils into DNA in an ATP-dependent reaction. They consist of a helicase domain and a topoisomerase domain that closely cooperate in catalysis. The mechanism of the functional cooperation of these domains has remained elusive. Recent studies have shown that the helicase domain is a nucleotide-regulated conformational switch that alternates between an open conformation with a low affinity for double-stranded DNA, and a closed state with a high double-stranded DNA affinity. The conformational cycle leads to transient separation of DNA duplexes by the helicase domain. Reverse gyrase-specific insertions in the helicase module are involved in binding to single-stranded DNA regions, DNA unwinding and supercoiling. Biochemical and structural data suggest that DNA processing by reverse gyrase is not based on sequential action of the helicase and topoisomerase domains, but rather the result of an intricate cooperation of both domains at all stages of the reaction. This review summarizes the recent advances of our understanding of the reverse gyrase mechanism. We put forward and discuss a refined, yet simple model in which reverse gyrase directs strand passage toward increasing linking numbers and positive supercoiling by controlling the conformation of a bound DNA bubble.
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- Pavel Lulchev
- University of Muenster, Institute for Physical Chemistry, Corrensstrasse 30, D-48149 Muenster, Germany
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- University of Muenster, Institute for Physical Chemistry, Corrensstrasse 30, D-48149 Muenster, Germany
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Jamroze A, Perugino G, Valenti A, Rashid N, Rossi M, Akhtar M, Ciaramella M. The reverse gyrase from Pyrobaculum calidifontis, a novel extremely thermophilic DNA topoisomerase endowed with DNA unwinding and annealing activities. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:3231-43. [PMID: 24347172 PMCID: PMC3916527 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.517649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2013] [Revised: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Reverse gyrase is a DNA topoisomerase specific for hyperthermophilic bacteria and archaea. It catalyzes the peculiar ATP-dependent DNA-positive supercoiling reaction and might be involved in the physiological adaptation to high growth temperature. Reverse gyrase comprises an N-terminal ATPase and a C-terminal topoisomerase domain, which cooperate in enzyme activity, but details of its mechanism of action are still not clear. We present here a functional characterization of PcalRG, a novel reverse gyrase from the archaeon Pyrobaculum calidifontis. PcalRG is the most robust and processive reverse gyrase known to date; it is active over a wide range of conditions, including temperature, ionic strength, and ATP concentration. Moreover, it holds a strong ATP-inhibited DNA cleavage activity. Most important, PcalRG is able to induce ATP-dependent unwinding of synthetic Holliday junctions and ATP-stimulated annealing of unconstrained single-stranded oligonucleotides. Combined DNA unwinding and annealing activities are typical of certain helicases, but until now were shown for no other reverse gyrase. Our results suggest for the first time that a reverse gyrase shares not only structural but also functional features with evolutionary conserved helicase-topoisomerase complexes involved in genome stability.
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- Anmbreen Jamroze
- From the Institute of Protein Biochemistry and
- the School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
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- From the Institute of Protein Biochemistry and
- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131, Naples, Italy and
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- From the Institute of Protein Biochemistry and
- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131, Naples, Italy and
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- the School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
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- From the Institute of Protein Biochemistry and
- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131, Naples, Italy and
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- the School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
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- From the Institute of Protein Biochemistry and
- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131, Naples, Italy and
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Annamalai T, Dani N, Cheng B, Tse-Dinh YC. Analysis of DNA relaxation and cleavage activities of recombinant Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA topoisomerase I from a new expression and purification protocol. BMC BIOCHEMISTRY 2009; 10:18. [PMID: 19519900 PMCID: PMC2702276 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-10-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2009] [Accepted: 06/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA topoisomerase I is an attractive target for discovery of novel TB drugs that act by enhancing the accumulation of the topoisomerase-DNA cleavage product. It shares a common transesterification domain with other type IA DNA topoisomerases. There is, however, no homology between the C-terminal DNA binding domains of Escherichia coli and M. tuberculosis DNA topoisomerase I proteins. Results A new protocol for expression and purification of recombinant M. tuberculosis DNA topoisomerase I (MtTOP) has been developed to produce enzyme of much higher specific activity than previously characterized recombinant enzyme. MtTOP was found to be less efficient than E. coli DNA topoisomerase I (EcTOP) in removal of remaining negative supercoils from partially relaxed DNA. DNA cleavage by MtTOP was characterized for the first time. Comparison of DNA cleavage site selectivity with EcTOP showed differences in cleavage site preferences, but the preferred sites of both enzymes have a C nucleotide in the -4 position. Conclusion Recombinant M. tuberculosis DNA topoisomerase I can be expressed as a soluble protein and purified in high yield from E. coli host with a new protocol. Analysis of DNA cleavage with M. tuberculosis DNA substrate showed that the preferred DNA cleavage sites have a C nucleotide in the -4 position.
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del Toro Duany Y, Jungblut SP, Schmidt AS, Klostermeier D. The reverse gyrase helicase-like domain is a nucleotide-dependent switch that is attenuated by the topoisomerase domain. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 36:5882-95. [PMID: 18796525 PMCID: PMC2566858 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Reverse gyrase is a topoisomerase that introduces positive supercoils into DNA in an ATP-dependent manner. It is unique to hyperthermophilic archaea and eubacteria, and has been proposed to protect their DNA from damage at high temperatures. Cooperation between its N-terminal helicase-like and the C-terminal topoisomerase domain is required for positive supercoiling, but the precise role of the helicase-like domain is currently unknown. Here, the characterization of the isolated helicase-like domain from Thermotoga maritima reverse gyrase is presented. We show that the helicase-like domain contains all determinants for nucleotide binding and ATP hydrolysis. Its intrinsic ATP hydrolysis is significantly stimulated by ssDNA, dsDNA and plasmid DNA. During the nucleotide cycle, the helicase-like domain switches between high- and low-affinity states for dsDNA, while its affinity for ssDNA in the ATP and ADP states is similar. In the context of reverse gyrase, the differences in DNA affinities of the nucleotide states are smaller, and the DNA-stimulated ATPase activity is strongly reduced. This inhibitory effect of the topoisomerase domain decelerates the progression of reverse gyrase through the nucleotide cycle, possibly providing optimal coordination of ATP hydrolysis with the complex reaction of DNA supercoiling.
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- Yoandris del Toro Duany
- University of Basel, Biozentrum, Biophysical Chemistry, Klingelbergstrasse 70, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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de la Tour CB, Amrani L, Cossard R, Neuman KC, Serre MC, Duguet M. Mutational analysis of the helicase-like domain of Thermotoga maritima reverse gyrase. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:27395-27402. [PMID: 18614530 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m800867200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Reverse gyrase is a unique type IA topoisomerase that is able to introduce positive supercoils into DNA in an ATP-dependent process. ATP is bound to the helicase-like domain of the enzyme that contains most of the conserved motifs found in helicases of the SF1 and SF2 superfamilies. In this paper, we have investigated the role of the conserved helicase motifs I, II, V, VI, and Q by generating mutants of the Thermotoga maritima reverse gyrase. We show that mutations in motifs I, II, V, and VI completely eliminate the supercoiling activity of reverse gyrase and that a mutation in the Q motif significantly reduces this activity. Further analysis revealed that for most mutants, the DNA binding and cleavage properties are not significantly changed compared with the wild type enzyme, whereas their ATPase activity is impaired. These results clearly show that the helicase motifs are tightly involved in the coupling of ATP hydrolysis to the topoisomerase activity. The zinc finger motif located at the N-terminal end of reverse gyrases was also mutated. Our results indicate that this motif plays an important role in DNA binding.
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- Université Paris-Sud 11, UMR8621 Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Université Paris-Sud 11, UMR8621 Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Université Paris-Sud 11, UMR8621 Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Université Paris-Sud 11, UMR8621 Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Université Paris-Sud 11, UMR8621 Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Nadal M. Reverse gyrase: an insight into the role of DNA-topoisomerases. Biochimie 2007; 89:447-55. [PMID: 17316953 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2006.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2006] [Accepted: 12/28/2006] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Reverse gyrase was discovered more than twenty years ago. Recent biochemical and structural results have greatly enhanced our understanding of their positive supercoiling mechanism. In addition to new biochemical properties, a fine tuning of reverse gyrase regulation in response to DNA damaging agents has been recently described. These data give us a new insight in the cellular role of reverse gyrase. Moreover, it has been proposed that reverse gyrase has been implicated in genome stability.
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- Marc Nadal
- Equipe Virologie Moléculaire et Microbiologie, Laboratoire de Génétique et de Biologie Cellulaire, CNRS UMR 8159, Université de Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Bâtiment Buffon, 78 035 Versailles, France.
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Napoli A, Valenti A, Salerno V, Nadal M, Garnier F, Rossi M, Ciaramella M. Functional interaction of reverse gyrase with single-strand binding protein of the archaeon Sulfolobus. Nucleic Acids Res 2005; 33:564-76. [PMID: 15673717 PMCID: PMC548347 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Reverse gyrase is a unique hyperthermophile-specific DNA topoisomerase that induces positive supercoiling. It is a modular enzyme composed of a topoisomerase IA and a helicase domain, which cooperate in the ATP-dependent positive supercoiling reaction. Although its physiological function has not been determined, it can be hypothesized that, like the topoisomerase–helicase complexes found in every organism, reverse gyrase might participate in different DNA transactions mediated by multiprotein complexes. Here, we show that reverse gyrase activity is stimulated by the single-strand binding protein (SSB) from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Using a combination of in vitro assays we analysed each step of the complex reverse gyrase reaction. SSB stimulates all the steps of the reaction: binding to DNA, DNA cleavage, strand passage and ligation. By co-immunoprecipitation of cell extracts we show that reverse gyrase and SSB assemble a complex in the presence of DNA, but do not make stable protein–protein interactions. In addition, SSB stimulates reverse gyrase positive supercoiling activity on DNA templates associated with the chromatin protein Sul7d. Furthermore, SSB enhances binding and cleavage of UV-irradiated substrates by reverse gyrase. The results shown here suggest that these functional interactions may have biological relevance and that the interplay of different DNA binding proteins might modulate reverse gyrase activity in DNA metabolic pathways.
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- Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Laboratoire de Génétique et Biologie CellulaireCNRSFRE 2445, Equipe Microbiologie, Bâtiment Buffon, 45 Avenue des Etats-Unis 78035 Versailles cedex, France
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- Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Laboratoire de Génétique et Biologie CellulaireCNRSFRE 2445, Equipe Microbiologie, Bâtiment Buffon, 45 Avenue des Etats-Unis 78035 Versailles cedex, France
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +39 081 6132247; Fax: +39 081 6132248;
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Napoli A, Valenti A, Salerno V, Nadal M, Garnier F, Rossi M, Ciaramella M. Reverse Gyrase Recruitment to DNA after UV Light Irradiation in Sulfolobus solfataricus. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:33192-8. [PMID: 15190074 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m402619200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Induction of DNA damage triggers a complex biological response concerning not only repair systems but also virtually every cell function. DNA topoisomerases regulate the level of DNA supercoiling in all DNA transactions. Reverse gyrase is a peculiar DNA topoisomerase, specific to hyperthermophilic microorganisms, which contains a helicase and a topoisomerase IA domain that has the unique ability to introduce positive supercoiling into DNA molecules. We show here that reverse gyrase of the archaean Sulfolobus solfataricus is mobilized to DNA in vivo after UV irradiation. The enzyme, either purified or in cell extracts, forms stable covalent complexes with UV-damaged DNA in vitro. We also show that the reverse gyrase translocation to DNA in vivo and the stabilization of covalent complexes in vitro are specific effects of UV light irradiation and do not occur with the intercalating agent actinomycin D. Our results suggest that reverse gyrase might participate, directly or indirectly, in the cell response to UV light-induced DNA damage. This is the first direct evidence of the recruitment of a topoisomerase IA enzyme to DNA after the induction of DNA damage. The interaction between helicase and topoisomerase activities has been previously proposed to facilitate aspects of DNA replication or recombination in both Bacteria and Eukarya. Our results suggest a general role of the association of such activities in maintaining genome integrity and a mutual effect of DNA topology and repair.
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- Alessandra Napoli
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Viard T, Cossard R, Duguet M, de La Tour CB. Thermotoga maritima-Escherichia coli chimeric topoisomerases. Answers about involvement of the carboxyl-terminal domain in DNA topoisomerase I-mediated catalysis. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:30073-80. [PMID: 15140883 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m309692200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Bacterial topoisomerases I are generally composed of two domains as follows: a core domain, which contains all the conserved motifs involved in the trans-esterification reactions, and a carboxyl-terminal domain, highly variable in size and sequence. In the present work, we have addressed the question of the respective roles of the two domains in the different steps of the topoisomerization cycle. For this purpose, we prepared various recombinant topoisomerases from two model enzymes: topoisomerase I from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima and topoisomerase I from Escherichia coli. We compared the properties of the two core domains to that of the topoisomerases formed by combining the core domain of one enzyme to the carboxyl-terminal domain of the other. We found that, contrary to E. coli (Lima, C. D., Wang, J. C., and Mondragon, A. (1993) J. Mol. Biol. 232, 1213-1216), the core domain from T. maritima (TmTop65) is able to sustain by itself a complete topoisomerization cycle, although with low efficiency. Fusion of TmTop65 to the entire carboxyl-terminal domain from E. coli considerably increases binding efficiency, thermal stability, and DNA relaxation activity. Moreover, the chimera predominantly acquires the cleavage specificity of E. coli full-length topoisomerase. For the chimera obtained by fusion of the T. maritima carboxyl-terminal domain to the core EcTop67, very low DNA relaxation activity and binding are recovered, but formation of a covalent DNA adduct is impaired. Taken together, our results show that the presence and the nature of the carboxyl-terminal domain of bacterial topoisomerases I strongly determine their DNA binding efficiency and cleavage specificity but is not strictly required for strand passage.
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- Thierry Viard
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie des Acides Nucléiques, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR 8621 CNRS, Bātiment 400, Université Paris Sud, Centre d'Orsay, 91405 Orsay, France
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Dai P, Wang Y, Ye R, Chen L, Huang L. DNA topoisomerase III from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus with specific DNA cleavage activity. J Bacteriol 2003; 185:5500-7. [PMID: 12949102 PMCID: PMC193750 DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.18.5500-5507.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We report the production, purification, and characterization of a type IA DNA topoisomerase, previously designated topoisomerase I, from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. The protein was capable of relaxing negatively supercoiled DNA at 75 degrees C in the presence of Mg2+. Mutation of the putative active site Tyr318 to Phe318 led to the inactivation of the protein. The S. solfataricus enzyme cleaved oligonucleotides in a sequence-specific fashion. The cleavage occurred only in the presence of a divalent cation, preferably Mg2+. The cofactor requirement of the enzyme was partially satisfied by Cu2+, Co2+, Mn2+, Ca2+, or Ni2+. It appears that the enzyme is active with a broader spectrum of metal cofactors in DNA cleavage than in DNA relaxation (Mg2+ and Ca2+). The enzyme-catalyzed oligonucleotide cleavage required at least 7 bases upstream and 2 bases downstream of the cleavage site. Analysis of cleavage by the S. solfataricus enzyme on a set of oligonucleotides revealed a consensus cleavage sequence of the enzyme: 5'-G(A/T)CA(T)AG(T)G(A)X / XX-3'. This sequence bears more resemblance to the preferred cleavage sites of topoisomerases III than to those of topoisomerases I. Based on these data and sequence analysis, we designate the enzyme S. solfataricus topoisomerase III.
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- Penggao Dai
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China
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Rodríguez AC. Investigating the role of the latch in the positive supercoiling mechanism of reverse gyrase. Biochemistry 2003; 42:5993-6004. [PMID: 12755601 DOI: 10.1021/bi034188l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Reverse gyrase is the only topoisomerase known to positively supercoil DNA and the only protein unique to hyperthermophiles. The enzyme comprises an N-terminal ATPase domain and a C-terminal topoisomerase I domain, which interact to couple the hydrolysis of ATP to the overwinding of DNA. The part of the ATPase domain termed the "latch" represses topoisomerase activity in the absence of nucleotide. Here I provide evidence that the latch, in addition to its regulatory role, participates in the supercoiling mechanism during the DNA cleavage and religation steps. The latch also contributes to the coordination of ATP hydrolysis and positive supercoiling by inhibiting ATPase activity in the absence of supercoiling. The latch therefore plays an important role in the communication between the two domains of reverse gyrase.
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- A Chapin Rodríguez
- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, United Kingdom.
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Grogan DW, Hansen JE. Molecular characteristics of spontaneous deletions in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. J Bacteriol 2003; 185:1266-72. [PMID: 12562797 PMCID: PMC142876 DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.4.1266-1272.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Prokaryotic genomes acquire and eliminate blocks of DNA sequence by lateral gene transfer and spontaneous deletion, respectively. The basic parameters of spontaneous deletion, which are expected to influence the course of genome evolution, have not been determined for any hyperthermophilic archaeon. We therefore screened a number of independent pyrimidine auxotrophs of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius for deletions and sequenced those detected. Deletions accounted for only 0.4% of spontaneous pyrE mutations, corresponding to a frequency of about 10(-8) per cell. Nucleotide sequence analysis of five independent deletions showed no significant association of the endpoints with short direct repeats, despite the fact that several such repeats occur within the pyrE gene and that duplication mutations in pyrE reverted at high frequencies. Endpoints of the spontaneous deletions did not coincide with short inverted repeats or potential stem-loop structures. No consensus sequence common to all the deletions could be identified, although two deletions showed the potential of being stabilized by octanucleotide sequences elsewhere in pyrE, and another pair of deletions shared an octanucleotide at their 3' ends. The unusually low frequency and low sequence dependence of spontaneous deletions in the S. acidocaldarius pyrE gene compared to other genetic systems could not be explained in terms of possible constraints imposed by the 5-fluoroorotate selection.
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- Dennis W Grogan
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA.
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Serre MC, Duguet M. Enzymes That Cleave and Religate DNA at High Temperature: The Same Story with Different Actors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 74:37-81. [PMID: 14510073 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(03)01010-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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- Marie-Claude Serre
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie des Acides Nucléiques, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Abstract
DNA topoisomerases solve the topological problems associated with DNA replication, transcription, recombination, and chromatin remodeling by introducing temporary single- or double-strand breaks in the DNA. In addition, these enzymes fine-tune the steady-state level of DNA supercoiling both to facilitate protein interactions with the DNA and to prevent excessive supercoiling that is deleterious. In recent years, the crystal structures of a number of topoisomerase fragments, representing nearly all the known classes of enzymes, have been solved. These structures provide remarkable insights into the mechanisms of these enzymes and complement previous conclusions based on biochemical analyses. Surprisingly, despite little or no sequence homology, both type IA and type IIA topoisomerases from prokaryotes and the type IIA enzymes from eukaryotes share structural folds that appear to reflect functional motifs within critical regions of the enzymes. The type IB enzymes are structurally distinct from all other known topoisomerases but are similar to a class of enzymes referred to as tyrosine recombinases. The structural themes common to all topoisomerases include hinged clamps that open and close to bind DNA, the presence of DNA binding cavities for temporary storage of DNA segments, and the coupling of protein conformational changes to DNA rotation or DNA movement. For the type II topoisomerases, the binding and hydrolysis of ATP further modulate conformational changes in the enzymes to effect changes in DNA topology.
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- J J Champoux
- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-7242, USA.
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Viard T, Lamour V, Duguet M, Bouthier de la Tour C. Hyperthermophilic topoisomerase I from Thermotoga maritima. A very efficient enzyme that functions independently of zinc binding. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:46495-503. [PMID: 11577108 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m107714200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Topoisomerases, by controlling DNA supercoiling state, are key enzymes for adaptation to high temperatures in thermophilic organisms. We focus here on the topoisomerase I from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima (optimal growth temperature, 80 degrees C). To determine the properties of the enzyme compared with those of its mesophilic homologs, we overexpressed T. maritima topoisomerase I in Escherichia coli and purified it to near homogeneity. We show that T. maritima topoisomerase I exhibits a very high DNA relaxing activity. Mapping of the cleavage sites on a variety of single-stranded oligonucleotides indicates a strong preference for a cytosine at position -4 of the cleavage, a property shared by E. coli topoisomerase I and archaeal reverse gyrases. As expected, the mutation of the putative active site Tyr 288 to Phe led to a totally inactive protein. To investigate the role of the unique zinc motif (Cys-X-Cys-X(16)-Cys-X-Cys) present in T. maritima topoisomerase I, experiments have been performed with the protein mutated on the tetracysteine motif. Strikingly, the results show that zinc binding is not required for DNA relaxation activity, contrary to the E. coli enzyme. Furthermore, neither thermostability nor cleavage specificity is altered in this mutant. This finding opens the question of the role of the zinc-binding motif in T. maritima topoisomerase I and suggests that this hyperthermophilic topoisomerase possesses a different mechanism from its mesophilic homolog.
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- T Viard
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie des Acides Nucléiques, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR 8621 CNRS, Bâtiment 400, Université de Paris Sud, Centre d'Orsay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Affiliation(s)
- A C Déclais
- Department of Biochemistry, CRC Nucleic Acid Structure Research Group, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, United Kingdom
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Déclais AC, Marsault J, Confalonieri F, de La Tour CB, Duguet M. Reverse gyrase, the two domains intimately cooperate to promote positive supercoiling. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:19498-504. [PMID: 10748189 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m910091199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Reverse gyrases are atypical topoisomerases present in hyperthermophiles and are able to positively supercoil a circular DNA. Despite a number of studies, the mechanism by which they perform this peculiar activity is still unclear. Sequence data suggested that reverse gyrases are composed of two putative domains, a helicase-like and a topoisomerase I, usually in a single polypeptide. Based on these predictions, we have separately expressed the putative domains and the full-length polypeptide of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius reverse gyrase as recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli. We show the following. (i) The full-length recombinant enzyme sustains ATP-dependent positive supercoiling as efficiently as the wild type reverse gyrase. (ii) The topoisomerase domain exhibits a DNA relaxation activity by itself, although relatively low. (iii) We failed to detect helicase activity for both the N-terminal domain and the full-length reverse gyrase. (iv) Simple mixing of the two domains reconstitutes positive supercoiling activity at 75 degrees C. The cooperation between the domains seems specific, as the topoisomerase domain cannot be replaced by another thermophilic topoisomerase I, and the helicase-like cannot be replaced by a true helicase. (v) The helicase-like domain is not capable of promoting stoichiometric DNA unwinding by itself; like the supercoiling activity, unwinding requires the cooperation of both domains, either separately expressed or in a single polypeptide. However, unwinding occurs in the absence of ATP and DNA cleavage, indicating a structural effect upon binding to DNA. These results suggest that the N-terminal domain does not directly unwind DNA but acts more likely by driving ATP-dependent conformational changes within the whole enzyme, reminiscent of a protein motor.
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Affiliation(s)
- A C Déclais
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie des Acides Nucléiques, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR 8621 CNRS, Bât. 400, Université de Paris Sud, Centre d'Orsay, 91 405 Orsay Cedex, France
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