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Vidmar V, Vayssières M, Lamour V. What's on the Other Side of the Gate: A Structural Perspective on DNA Gate Opening of Type IA and IIA DNA Topoisomerases. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043986. [PMID: 36835394 PMCID: PMC9960139 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
Abstract
DNA topoisomerases have an essential role in resolving topological problems that arise due to the double-helical structure of DNA. They can recognise DNA topology and catalyse diverse topological reactions by cutting and re-joining DNA ends. Type IA and IIA topoisomerases, which work by strand passage mechanisms, share catalytic domains for DNA binding and cleavage. Structural information has accumulated over the past decades, shedding light on the mechanisms of DNA cleavage and re-ligation. However, the structural rearrangements required for DNA-gate opening and strand transfer remain elusive, in particular for the type IA topoisomerases. In this review, we compare the structural similarities between the type IIA and type IA topoisomerases. The conformational changes that lead to the opening of the DNA-gate and strand passage, as well as allosteric regulation, are discussed, with a focus on the remaining questions about the mechanism of type IA topoisomerases.
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- Vita Vidmar
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UMR 7104, Inserm U 1258, 67400 Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UMR 7104, Inserm U 1258, 67400 Illkirch, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Université de Strasbourg, CNRS UMR 7104, Inserm U 1258, 67400 Illkirch, France
- Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 67098 Strasbourg, France
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Spakman D, Bakx JAM, Biebricher AS, Peterman EJG, Wuite GJL, King GA. Unravelling the mechanisms of Type 1A topoisomerases using single-molecule approaches. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:5470-5492. [PMID: 33963870 PMCID: PMC8191776 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Revised: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Topoisomerases are essential enzymes that regulate DNA topology. Type 1A family topoisomerases are found in nearly all living organisms and are unique in that they require single-stranded (ss)DNA for activity. These enzymes are vital for maintaining supercoiling homeostasis and resolving DNA entanglements generated during DNA replication and repair. While the catalytic cycle of Type 1A topoisomerases has been long-known to involve an enzyme-bridged ssDNA gate that allows strand passage, a deeper mechanistic understanding of these enzymes has only recently begun to emerge. This knowledge has been greatly enhanced through the combination of biochemical studies and increasingly sophisticated single-molecule assays based on magnetic tweezers, optical tweezers, atomic force microscopy and Förster resonance energy transfer. In this review, we discuss how single-molecule assays have advanced our understanding of the gate opening dynamics and strand-passage mechanisms of Type 1A topoisomerases, as well as the interplay of Type 1A topoisomerases with partner proteins, such as RecQ-family helicases. We also highlight how these assays have shed new light on the likely functional roles of Type 1A topoisomerases in vivo and discuss recent developments in single-molecule technologies that could be applied to further enhance our understanding of these essential enzymes.
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- Dian Spakman
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, and LaserLaB Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, and LaserLaB Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, and LaserLaB Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, and LaserLaB Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, and LaserLaB Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Kondekar SM, Gunjal GV, Pablo Radicella J, Rao DN. Molecular dissection of Helicobacter pylori Topoisomerase I reveals an additional active site in the carboxyl terminus of the enzyme. DNA Repair (Amst) 2020; 91-92:102853. [PMID: 32447233 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2020.102853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Revised: 03/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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DNA topoisomerases play a crucial role in maintaining DNA superhelicity, thereby regulating various cellular processes. Unlike most other species, the human pathogen Helicobacter pylori has only two topoisomerases, Topoisomerase I and DNA gyrase, the physiological roles of which remain to be explored. Interestingly, there is enormous variability among the C-terminal domains (CTDs) of Topoisomerase I across bacteria. H. pylori Topoisomerase I (HpTopoI) CTD harbors four zinc finger motifs (ZFs). We show here that sequential deletion of the third and/or fourth ZFs had only a marginal effect on the HpTopoI activity, while deletion of the second, third and fourth ZFs severely reduced DNA relaxation activity. Deletion of all ZFs drastically hampered DNA binding and thus abolished DNA relaxation. Surprisingly, mutagenesis of the annotated active site tyrosine residue (Y297 F) did not abrogate the enzyme activity and HpTopoI CTD alone (spanning the four ZFs) showed DNA relaxation activity. Additionally, a covalent linkage between the DNA and HpTopoI CTD was identified. The capacity of HpTopoI CTD to complement Escherichia coli topA mutant strains further supported the in vitro observations. Collectively these results imply that not all ZFs are dispensable for HpTopoI activity and unveil the presence of additional non-canonical catalytic site(s) within the enzyme.
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- Sumedha M Kondekar
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Institute of Cellular and Molecular Radiobiology, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, CEA, F-92265 Fontenay aux Roses, France; Université de Paris and Université Paris-Saclay, F-92265 Fontenay aux Roses, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
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Bizard AH, Yang X, Débat H, Fogg JM, Zechiedrich L, Strick TR, Garnier F, Nadal M. TopA, the Sulfolobus solfataricus topoisomerase III, is a decatenase. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:861-872. [PMID: 29253195 PMCID: PMC5778498 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx1247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 12/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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DNA topoisomerases are essential enzymes involved in all the DNA processes and among them, type IA topoisomerases emerged as a key actor in the maintenance of genome stability. The hyperthermophilic archaeon, Sulfolobus solfataricus, contains three topoisomerases IA including one classical named TopA. SsoTopA is very efficient at unlinking DNA catenanes, grouping SsoTopA into the topoisomerase III family. SsoTopA is active over a wide range of temperatures and at temperatures of up to 85°C it produces highly unwound DNA. At higher temperatures, SsoTopA unlinks the two DNA strands. Thus depending on the temperature, SsoTopA is able to either prevent or favor DNA melting. While canonical topoisomerases III require a single-stranded DNA region or a nick in one of the circles to decatenate them, we show for the first time that a type I topoisomerase, SsoTopA, is able to efficiently unlink covalently closed catenanes, with no additional partners. By using single molecule experiments we demonstrate that SsoTopA requires the presence of a short single-stranded DNA region to be efficient. The unexpected decatenation property of SsoTopA probably comes from its high ability to capture this unwound region. This points out a possible role of TopA in S. solfataricus as a decatenase in Sulfolobus.
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- Anna H Bizard
- Université Versailles St-Quentin, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR 8621 CNRS-Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592 CNRS, 75013 Paris, France.,Programme Equipes Labellisées, Ligue Contre le Cancer, 75013 Paris, France
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- Programme Equipes Labellisées, Ligue Contre le Cancer, 75013 Paris, France.,Université Versailles St-Quentin, Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592 CNRS-Université Paris Diderot, 75013 Paris, France
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- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS: BCM-280, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS: BCM-280, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS: BCM-280, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS: BCM-280, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS: BCM-280, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS: BCM-280, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592 CNRS, 75013 Paris, France.,Programme Equipes Labellisées, Ligue Contre le Cancer, 75013 Paris, France.,Ecole Normale Supérieure, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, 75005 Paris, France
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- Programme Equipes Labellisées, Ligue Contre le Cancer, 75013 Paris, France.,Université Versailles St-Quentin, Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592 CNRS-Université Paris Diderot, 75013 Paris, France
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- Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592 CNRS, 75013 Paris, France.,Programme Equipes Labellisées, Ligue Contre le Cancer, 75013 Paris, France
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Garnier F, Debat H, Nadal M. Type IA DNA Topoisomerases: A Universal Core and Multiple Activities. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1703:1-20. [PMID: 29177730 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7459-7_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
All the type IA topoisomerases display universal characteristics relying on a core region basically responsible for the transesterification and the strand passage reaction. First limited to the bacterial domain for a long time, these enzymes were further retrieved in Archaea and Eukarya as well. This is representative of an extremely ancient origin, probably due to an inheritance from the RNA world. As remaining evidence, some current topoisomerases IA have retained a RNA topoisomerase activity. Despite the presence of this core region in all of these TopoIAs, some differences exist and are originated from variable regions, located essentially within both extremities, conferring on them their specificities. During the last 2 decades the evidence of multiple activities and dedicated roles highlighted the importance of the topoisomerases IA. It is now obvious that topoisomerases IA are key enzymes involved in the maintenance of the genome stability. The discovery of these new activities was done thanks to the use of more accurate assays, based on new sophisticated DNA substrates.
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- Florence Garnier
- Université Versailles St-Quentin, Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592 CNRS-Univ. Paris Diderot, 15, rue Hélène Brion, Paris, 75013, France
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- Université Versailles St-Quentin, Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592 CNRS-Univ. Paris Diderot, 15, rue Hélène Brion, Paris, 75013, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592 CNRS-Université Paris Diderot, 15, rue Hélène Brion, Paris, 75013, France.
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Ahmad M, Xue Y, Lee SK, Martindale JL, Shen W, Li W, Zou S, Ciaramella M, Debat H, Nadal M, Leng F, Zhang H, Wang Q, Siaw GEL, Niu H, Pommier Y, Gorospe M, Hsieh TS, Tse-Dinh YC, Xu D, Wang W. RNA topoisomerase is prevalent in all domains of life and associates with polyribosomes in animals. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:6335-49. [PMID: 27257063 PMCID: PMC4994864 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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DNA Topoisomerases are essential to resolve topological problems during DNA metabolism in all species. However, the prevalence and function of RNA topoisomerases remain uncertain. Here, we show that RNA topoisomerase activity is prevalent in Type IA topoisomerases from bacteria, archaea, and eukarya. Moreover, this activity always requires the conserved Type IA core domains and the same catalytic residue used in DNA topoisomerase reaction; however, it does not absolutely require the non-conserved carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD), which is necessary for relaxation reactions of supercoiled DNA. The RNA topoisomerase activity of human Top3β differs from that of Escherichia coli topoisomerase I in that the former but not the latter requires the CTD, indicating that topoisomerases have developed distinct mechanisms during evolution to catalyze RNA topoisomerase reactions. Notably, Top3β proteins from several animals associate with polyribosomes, which are units of mRNA translation, whereas the Top3 homologs from E. coli and yeast lack the association. The Top3β-polyribosome association requires TDRD3, which directly interacts with Top3β and is present in animals but not bacteria or yeast. We propose that RNA topoisomerases arose in the early RNA world, and that they are retained through all domains of DNA-based life, where they mediate mRNA translation as part of polyribosomes in animals.
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- Muzammil Ahmad
- Genome Instability and Chromatin Remodeling Section, Lab of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Genome Instability and Chromatin Remodeling Section, Lab of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Genome Instability and Chromatin Remodeling Section, Lab of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- RNA Regulation Section, Lab of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Genome Instability and Chromatin Remodeling Section, Lab of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, PeKing University, Beijing 1000871, China
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- Translational Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Health, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Naples 80131, Italy
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- Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS-Université Paris Diderot-UMR7592, 15 rue Hélène Brion, 75205 Paris Cedex, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS-Université Paris Diderot-UMR7592, 15 rue Hélène Brion, 75205 Paris Cedex, France
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch and Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Department, Indiana University, 212 South Hawthorne Drive, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Institute of Cellular Organistic Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Department, Indiana University, 212 South Hawthorne Drive, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch and Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- RNA Regulation Section, Lab of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Institute of Cellular Organistic Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 73532, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences, PeKing University, Beijing 1000871, China
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- Genome Instability and Chromatin Remodeling Section, Lab of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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Jones JA, Price E, Miller D, Hevener KE. A simplified protocol for high-yield expression and purification of bacterial topoisomerase I. Protein Expr Purif 2016; 124:32-40. [PMID: 27117979 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2016.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2016] [Revised: 04/21/2016] [Accepted: 04/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Type IA topoisomerases represent promising antibacterial drug targets. Data exists suggesting that the two bacterial type IA topoisomerase enzymes-topoisomerase I and topoisomerase III-share an overlapping biological role. Furthermore, topoisomerase I has been shown to be essential for the survival of certain organisms lacking topoisomerase III. With this in mind, it is plausible that topoisomerase I may represent a potential target for selective antibacterial drug development. As many reported bacterial topoisomerase I purification protocols have either suffered from relatively low yield, numerous steps, or a simple failure to report target protein yield altogether, a high-yield and high-purity bacterial topoisomerase I expression and purification protocol is highly desirable. The goal of this study was therefore to optimize the expression and purification of topoisomerase I from Streptococcus mutans, a clinically relevant organism that plays a significant role in oral and extra-oral infection, in order to quickly and easily attain the requisite quantities of pure target enzyme suitable for use in assay development, compound library screening, and carrying out further structural and biochemical characterization analyses. Herein we report the systematic implementation and analysis of various expression and purification techniques leading to the development and optimization of a rapid and straightforward protocol for the auto-induced expression and two-step, affinity tag purification of Streptococcus mutans topoisomerase I yielding >20 mg/L of enzyme at over 95% purity.
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- Jesse A Jones
- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Idaho State University, 1311 E. Central Drive, Meridian, ID 83642-7991, USA
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- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Idaho State University, 1311 E. Central Drive, Meridian, ID 83642-7991, USA
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- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Idaho State University, 1311 E. Central Drive, Meridian, ID 83642-7991, USA
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- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Idaho State University, 1311 E. Central Drive, Meridian, ID 83642-7991, USA.
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Ahmed W, Bhat AG, Leelaram MN, Menon S, Nagaraja V. Carboxyl terminal domain basic amino acids of mycobacterial topoisomerase I bind DNA to promote strand passage. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:7462-71. [PMID: 23771144 PMCID: PMC3753633 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Bacterial DNA topoisomerase I (topoI) carries out relaxation of negatively supercoiled DNA through a series of orchestrated steps, DNA binding, cleavage, strand passage and religation. The N-terminal domain (NTD) of the type IA topoisomerases harbor DNA cleavage and religation activities, but the carboxyl terminal domain (CTD) is highly diverse. Most of these enzymes contain a varied number of Zn(2+) finger motifs in the CTD. The Zn(2+) finger motifs were found to be essential in Escherichia coli topoI but dispensable in the Thermotoga maritima enzyme. Although, the CTD of mycobacterial topoI lacks Zn(2+) fingers, it is indispensable for the DNA relaxation activity of the enzyme. The divergent CTD harbors three stretches of basic amino acids needed for the strand passage step of the reaction as demonstrated by a new assay. We also show that the basic amino acids constitute an independent DNA-binding site apart from the NTD and assist the simultaneous binding of two molecules of DNA to the enzyme, as required during the catalytic step. Although the NTD binds to DNA in a site-specific fashion to carry out DNA cleavage and religation, the basic residues in CTD bind to non-scissile DNA in a sequence-independent manner to promote the crucial strand passage step during DNA relaxation. The loss of Zn(2+) fingers from the mycobacterial topoI could be associated with Zn(2+) export and homeostasis.
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- Wareed Ahmed
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 560064, India
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Rudolph MG, del Toro Duany Y, Jungblut SP, Ganguly A, Klostermeier D. Crystal structures of Thermotoga maritima reverse gyrase: inferences for the mechanism of positive DNA supercoiling. Nucleic Acids Res 2012. [PMID: 23209025 PMCID: PMC3553957 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Reverse gyrase is an ATP-dependent topoisomerase that is unique to hyperthermophilic archaea and eubacteria. The only reverse gyrase structure determined to date has revealed the arrangement of the N-terminal helicase domain and the C-terminal topoisomerase domain that intimately cooperate to generate the unique function of positive DNA supercoiling. Although the structure has elicited hypotheses as to how supercoiling may be achieved, it lacks structural elements important for supercoiling and the molecular mechanism of positive supercoiling is still not clear. We present five structures of authentic Thermotoga maritima reverse gyrase that reveal a first view of two interacting zinc fingers that are crucial for positive DNA supercoiling. The so-called latch domain, which connects the helicase and the topoisomerase domains is required for their functional cooperation and presents a novel fold. Structural comparison defines mobile regions in parts of the helicase domain, including a helical insert and the latch that are likely important for DNA binding during catalysis. We show that the latch, the helical insert and the zinc fingers contribute to the binding of DNA to reverse gyrase and are uniquely placed within the reverse gyrase structure to bind and guide DNA during strand passage. A possible mechanism for positive supercoiling by reverse gyrases is presented.
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- Markus G Rudolph
- pRED, Pharma Research and Early Development, Discovery Technologies, Grenzacherstrasse 124, CH-4070 Basel, Switzerland
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Godbole AA, Leelaram MN, Bhat AG, Jain P, Nagaraja V. Characterization of DNA topoisomerase I from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: DNA cleavage and religation properties and inhibition of its activity. Arch Biochem Biophys 2012; 528:197-203. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2012.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2012] [Revised: 10/02/2012] [Accepted: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Park JE, Kim HI, Park JW, Park JK, Lee JS. Cloning and biochemical characterization of Staphylococcus aureus type IA DNA topoisomerase comprised of distinct five domains. Arch Biochem Biophys 2011; 508:78-86. [PMID: 21281597 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2011.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2010] [Revised: 01/20/2011] [Accepted: 01/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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DNA topoisomerases play critical roles in regulating DNA topology and are essential enzymes for cell survival. In this study, a gene encoding type IA DNA topoisomerase was cloned from Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) sp. strain C-66, and the biochemical properties of recombinant enzyme was characterized. The nucleotide sequence analysis showed that the cloned gene contained an open reading frame (2070 bp) that could encode a polypeptide of 689 amino acids. The cloned gene actually produced 79.1 kDa functional enzyme (named Sau-TopoI) in Escherichia coli (E. coli). Sau-TopoI enzyme purified from E. coli showed ATP-independent and Mg(2+)-dependent manners for relaxing negatively supercoiled DNA. The relaxation activity of Sau-TopoI was inhibited by camptothecin, but not by nalidixic acid and etoposide. Cleavage site mapping showed that the enzyme could preferentially bind to and cleave the sequence GGNN↓CAT (N and ↓ represent any nucleotide and cleavage site, respectively). All these results suggest that the purified enzyme is type IA DNA topoisomerase. In addition, domain mapping analysis showed that the enzyme was composed of conserved four domains (I through IV), together with a variable C-terminal region containing a unique domain V.
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- Jung Eun Park
- Department of Biotechnology, Chosun University, Gwangju 501-759, Republic of Korea
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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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Viard T, de la Tour CB. Type IA topoisomerases: a simple puzzle? Biochimie 2006; 89:456-67. [PMID: 17141394 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2006.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2006] [Accepted: 10/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Type IA topoisomerases are enzymes that can modify DNA topology. They form a distinct family of proteins present in all domains of life, from bacteria to archaea and higher eukaryotes. They are composed of two domains: a core domain containing all the conserved motifs involved in the trans-esterification reactions, and a carboxyl-terminal domain that is highly variable in size and sequence. The latter appears to interact with other proteins, defining the physiological use of the topoisomerase activity. The evolutionary relevance of this topoisomerase-cofactor complex, also known as the "toposome", as well as its enzymatic consequences are discussed in this review.
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- Thierry Viard
- Nicholas Cozzarelli Laboratory, Molecular and Cell Biology Department, 16 Barker Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3204, USA.
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Chen L, Huang L. Oligonucleotide cleavage and rejoining by topoisomerase III from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus: temperature dependence and strand annealing-promoted DNA religation. Mol Microbiol 2006; 60:783-94. [PMID: 16629677 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05133.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Topoisomerase III from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus (Sso topo III) is optimally active in DNA relaxation at 75 degrees C. We report here that Sso topo III-catalysed DNA cleavage and religation differed significantly in temperature dependence: the enzyme was most active in cleaving ssDNA containing a cleavage site at 25-50 degrees C, but was efficient in rejoining the cleaved DNA strand only at higher temperatures (e.g. > or = 45 degrees C). The failure of Sso topo III to rejoin the cleaved DNA strand efficiently appeared to be responsible for the inability of the enzyme to relax negatively supercoiled DNA at low temperature (e.g. 25 degrees C). Intriguingly, Sso topo III facilitated DNA annealing although it showed higher affinity for ssDNA than for dsDNA. Religation of the DNA strand cleaved by Sso topo III was drastically enhanced when the DNA was allowed to anneal to a complementary non-cleaved oligonucleotide, presumably as a result of destabilization of the interaction between the enzyme and the cleaved strand through the formation of duplex DNA. A region in the non-cleaved strand corresponding to a sequence containing six bases on the 5' side and two bases on the 3' side of the cleavage site in the cleaved strand was crucial to the annealing-promoted religation. However, the annealing-promoted religation was relatively insensitive to mismatches in this region and the region conserved for oligonucleotide cleavage, except for that at the 5' end of the broken strand. These results suggest that Sso topo III is well suited for a role in DNA rewinding, whether it leads to homoduplex or heteroduplex formation.
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- Liang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
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Zhang X, Bruice TC. Temperature Dependence of the Structure of the Substrate and Active Site of the Thermus thermophilus Chorismate Mutase E·S Complex. Biochemistry 2006; 45:8562-7. [PMID: 16834330 DOI: 10.1021/bi0604227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of Thermus thermophilus chorismate mutase substrate complex (TtCM x S) have been carried out at 298 K, 333 K, and the temperature of optimum activity: 343 K. The enzyme exists as trimeric subunits with active sites shared between two neighboring subunits. Two features distinguish intersubunit linkages of the thermophilic and mesophilic enzyme Bacillus subtilis chorismate mutase substrate complex (BsCM x S): (i) electrostatic interactions by intersubunit ion pairs (Arg3-Glu40*/41, Arg76-Glu51* and Arg69*-Asp101, residues labeled with an asterisk are from the neighboring subunit) in the TtCM x S are not present in the structure of the BsCM x S; and (ii) replacement of polar residues with short and nonpolar residues in the interstices of the TtCM x S tighten the intersubunit hydrophobic interactions compared to BsCM x S. Concerning the active site, electrostatic interactions of the critically placed Arg6 and Arg63* with the two carboxylates of chorismate place the latter in a reactive conformation to spontaneously undergo a Claisen rearrangement. The optimum geometry at the active site has the CZ atoms of the two arginines 11 A apart. With a decrease in temperature, Arg63* moves toward Arg6 and the average conformation structure of chorismate moves further away from the reactive ground state conformation. This movement is due to the decrease in distance separating the electrostatic (in the main) and hydrophobic interacting pairs holding the two subunits together.
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- Xiaohua Zhang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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Duguet M, Serre MC, Bouthier de La Tour C. A universal type IA topoisomerase fold. J Mol Biol 2006; 359:805-12. [PMID: 16647715 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2006] [Revised: 04/05/2006] [Accepted: 04/06/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A class of enzymes, called DNA topoisomerases, is responsible for controlling the topological state of cellular DNA. Among these, type IA topoisomerases form a vast family that is present in all living organisms, including higher eukaryotes, in which they play important roles in genome stability. The known 3D structures of three of these enzymes indicate that they share a common toroidal architecture. We previously showed that the toroidal structure could be split off from the core enzyme of Thermotoga maritima topoisomerase I by limited proteolysis. This structure is produced by the association of two tandemly repeated elementary folds in a head-to-tail orientation. By using a combination of structural and sequence data analysis, we show that the elementary fold of about 150 amino acid residues, referred to as the topofold, is likely to be present in the whole topoisomerase IA family. Within each enzyme, the successive topofolds share two conserved sequence motifs located at the base of the ring, and referred to as the MI and MII motifs. However, the overall sequences of the folds have largely diverged. By contrast, secondary and tertiary structures appear remarkably conserved. We suggest that this twofold repeat has evolved by gene duplication/fusion from an ancestral topofold.
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- Michel Duguet
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie des Acides Nucléiques, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Université Paris-Sud, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8621, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 91405 Orsay, France
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Jain P, Nagaraja V. Indispensable, Functionally Complementing N and C-terminal Domains Constitute Site-specific Topoisomerase I. J Mol Biol 2006; 357:1409-21. [PMID: 16490213 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.01.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2005] [Revised: 01/20/2006] [Accepted: 01/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Mycobacterium smegmatis topoisomerase I differs from the typical type IA topoisomerase in many properties. The enzyme recognizes both single and double-stranded DNA with high affinity and makes sequence-specific contacts during DNA relaxation reaction. The enzyme has a conserved N-terminal domain and a highly varied C-terminal domain, which lacks the characteristic zinc binding motifs found in most of the type I eubacterial enzymes. The roles of the individual domains of the enzyme in the topoisomerase I catalyzed reactions were examined by comparing the properties of full-length topoisomerase I with those of truncated polypeptides lacking the conserved N-terminal or the divergent C-terminal region. The N-terminal larger fragment retained the site-specific binding, DNA cleavage and religation properties, hallmark characteristics of the full-length M.smegmatis topoisomerase I. In contrast, the non-conserved C-terminal fragment lacking the typical DNA binding motif, exhibited non-specific DNA binding behaviour. The two polypeptide fragments, on their own do not catalyze DNA relaxation reaction. The relaxation activity is restored when both the fragments are mixed in vitro reconstituting the enzyme function. These results along with the DNA interaction pattern of the proteins implicate an essential role for the C-terminal region in single-strand DNA passage between the two transesterification reactions catalyzed by the N-terminal domain.
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- Paras Jain
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, CV Raman Avenue, Bangalore 560012, India
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Hansen G, Harrenga A, Wieland B, Schomburg D, Reinemer P. Crystal structure of full length topoisomerase I from Thermotoga maritima. J Mol Biol 2006; 358:1328-40. [PMID: 16600296 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2005] [Revised: 03/05/2006] [Accepted: 03/06/2006] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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DNA topoisomerases are a family of enzymes altering the topology of DNA by concerted breakage and rejoining of the phosphodiester backbone of DNA. Bacterial and archeal type IA topoisomerases, including topoisomerase I, topoisomerase III, and reverse gyrase, are crucial in regulation of DNA supercoiling and maintenance of genetic stability. The crystal structure of full length topoisomerase I from Thermotoga maritima was determined at 1.7A resolution and represents an intact and fully active bacterial topoisomerase I. It reveals the torus-like structure of the conserved transesterification core domain comprising domains I-IV and a tightly associated C-terminal zinc ribbon domain (domain V) packing against domain IV of the core domain. The previously established zinc-independence of the functional activity of T.maritima topoisomerase I is further supported by its crystal structure as no zinc ion is bound to domain V. However, the structural integrity is preserved by the formation of two disulfide bridges between the four Zn-binding cysteine residues. A functional role of domain V in DNA binding and recognition is suggested and discussed in the light of the structure and previous biochemical findings. In addition, implications for bacterial topoisomerases I are provided.
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- Guido Hansen
- Bayer HealthCare AG, Pharma R and D Europe, Enabling Technologies, D-42096 Wuppertal, Germany
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Hsieh TS, Capp C. Nucleotide- and stoichiometry-dependent DNA supercoiling by reverse gyrase. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:20467-75. [PMID: 15788400 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m502739200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [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 can introduce positive supercoils into DNA. We have investigated some of the biochemical properties of Archaeoglobus fulgidus reverse gyrase. It can mediate three distinct supercoiling reactions depending on the adenine nucleotide cofactor that is present in the reaction. Besides the ATP-driven positive supercoiling reaction, the enzyme can introduce negative supercoils with a nonhydrolyzable analog, adenylyl imidodiphosphate. In the presence of ADP the plasmid DNA is relaxed almost completely, leaving a very low level of positive supercoiling. Surprisingly, the final supercoiling extent for all three distinct reactions depends on the stoichiometry of enzyme to DNA. This dependence is not due to the difference of reaction rate, suggesting that the amount of enzyme bound to DNA is an important determinant for the final supercoiling state of the reaction product. Reverse gyrase also displays exquisite sensitivity toward temperature. Raising the reaction temperatures from 80 to 85 degrees C, both of which are within the optimal growth temperature of A. fulgidus, greatly increases enzyme activity for all the supercoiling reactions. For the reaction with AMPPNP, the product is a hypernegatively supercoiled DNA. This dramatic enhancement of the reverse gyrase activity is also correlated with the appearance of DNA in a pre-melting state at 85 degrees C, likely due to the presence of extensively unwound regions in the plasmid. The possible mechanistic insights from these findings will be presented here.
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- Tao-shih Hsieh
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
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Cossard R, Viard T, Lamour V, Duguet M, Bouthier de La Tour C. Proteolytic cleavage of the hyperthermophilic topoisomerase I from Thermotoga maritima does not impair its enzymatic properties. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2004; 1700:161-70. [PMID: 15262225 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2004.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2003] [Revised: 03/05/2004] [Accepted: 04/26/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Using limited proteolysis, we show that the hyperthermophilic topoisomerase I from Thermotoga maritima exhibits a unique hot spot susceptible to proteolytic attack with a variety of proteases. The remaining of the protein is resistant to further proteolysis, which suggests a compact folding of the thermophilic topoisomerase, when compared to its mesophilic Escherichia coli homologue. We further show that a truncated version of the T. maritima enzyme, lacking the last C-terminal 93 amino acids is more susceptible to proteolysis, which suggests that the C-terminal region of the topoisomerase may be important to maintain the compact folding of the enzyme. The hot spot of cleavage is located around amino acids 326-330 and probably corresponds to an exposed loop of the protein, near the active site tyrosine in charge of DNA cleavage and religation. Location of this protease sensitive region in the vicinity of bound DNA is consistent with the partial protection observed in the presence of different DNA substrates. Unexpectedly, although proteolysis splits the enzyme in two halves, each containing part of the motifs involved in catalysis, trypsin-digested topoisomerase I retains full DNA binding, cleavage, and relaxation activities, full thermostability and also the same hydrodynamic and spectral properties as undigested samples. This supports the idea that the two fragments which are generated by proteolysis remain correctly folded and tightly associated after proteolytic cleavage.
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- Raynald Cossard
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie des Acides Nucléiques, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, UMR 8621 CNRS, Bât. 400, Université de Paris Sud, Centre d'Orsay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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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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Dekker NH, Viard T, de La Tour CB, Duguet M, Bensimon D, Croquette V. Thermophilic topoisomerase I on a single DNA molecule. J Mol Biol 2003; 329:271-82. [PMID: 12758075 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(03)00320-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Control of DNA topology is critical in thermophilic organisms in which heightened ambient temperatures threaten the stability of the double helix. An important role in this control is played by topoisomerase I, a member of the type IA family of topoisomerases. We investigated the binding and activity of this topoisomerase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima on duplex DNA using single molecule techniques, presenting it with various substrates such as (+) plectonemes, (-) plectonemes, and denaturation bubbles. We found the topoisomerase inactive on both types of plectonemes, but active on denaturation bubbles produced at increased stretching forces in underwound DNA. The relaxation rate depended sensitively on the applied force and the protein concentration. These observations could be understood in terms of a preference of the topoisomerase for single-stranded DNA over double-stranded DNA and allowed for a better understanding of activity of the topoisomerase in bulk experiments on circular plasmids. Binding experiments on a single duplex molecule using a mutant unable to perform cleavage confirmed this interpretation and suggested that T.maritima topoisomerase I behaves like an SSB by lowering the denaturation threshold of underwound DNA. Finally, experiments with a unique single-stranded DNA showed that both ends of the cleaved DNA are tightly maintained by the enzyme, supporting an enzyme-bridged mechanism for this topoisomerase.
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- N H Dekker
- Laboratoire de Physique Statistique et Département de Biologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, UMR 8550 CNRS, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris, France.
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Dekker NH, Viard T, Bouthier de La Tour C, Bensimon D, Croquette V. [Enzymes that relax supercoiled DNA]. Med Sci (Paris) 2003; 19:398-400. [PMID: 12836207 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2003194398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- William C Nierman
- Institute for Genomic Research, 9712 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, 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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Dekker NH, Rybenkov VV, Duguet M, Crisona NJ, Cozzarelli NR, Bensimon D, Croquette V. The mechanism of type IA topoisomerases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:12126-31. [PMID: 12167668 PMCID: PMC129409 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.132378799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/25/2002] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The topology of cellular DNA is carefully controlled by enzymes called topoisomerases. By using single-molecule techniques, we monitored the activity of two type IA topoisomerases in real time under conditions in which single relaxation events were detected. The strict one-at-a-time removal of supercoils we observed establishes that these enzymes use an enzyme-bridged strand-passage mechanism that is well suited to their physiological roles and demonstrates a mechanistic unity with type II topoisomerases.
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- N H Dekker
- Laboratoire de Physique Statistique et Département de Biologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8550 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 24 Rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris, France.
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Ahumada A, Tse-Dinh YC. The role of the Zn(II) binding domain in the mechanism of E. coli DNA topoisomerase I. BMC BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 3:13. [PMID: 12052259 PMCID: PMC115839 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-3-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2002] [Accepted: 05/29/2002] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase I binds three Zn(II) with three tetracysteine motifs which, together with the 14 kDa C-terminal region, form a 30 kDa DNA binding domain (ZD domain). The 67 kDa N-terminal domain (Top67) has the active site tyrosine for DNA cleavage but cannot relax negatively supercoiled DNA. We analyzed the role of the ZD domain in the enzyme mechanism. RESULTS Addition of purified ZD domain to Top67 partially restored the relaxation activity, demonstrating that covalent linkage between the two domains is not necessary for removal of negative supercoils from DNA. The two domains had similar affinities to ssDNA. However, only Top67 could bind dsDNA with high affinity. DNA cleavage assays showed that the Top67 had the same sequence and structure selectivity for DNA cleavage as the intact enzyme. DNA rejoining also did not require the presence of the ZD domain. CONCLUSIONS We propose that during relaxation of negatively supercoiled DNA, Top67 by itself can position the active site tyrosine near the junction of double-stranded and single-stranded DNA for cleavage. However, the interaction of the ZD domain with the passing single-strand of DNA, coupled with enzyme conformational change, is needed for removal of negative supercoils.
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- Adriana Ahumada
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College Valhalla, NY USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College Valhalla, NY USA
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