Date of this Version

12-1-2018

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Abstract

Type IA topoisomerases cleave single-stranded DNA and relieve negative supercoils in discrete steps corresponding to the passage of the intact DNA strand through the cleaved strand. Although type IA topoisomerases are assumed to accomplish this strand passage via a protein-mediated DNA gate, opening of this gate has never been observed. We developed a single-molecule assay to directly measure gate opening of the Escherichia coli type IA topoisomerases I and III. We found that after cleavage of single-stranded DNA, the protein gate opens by as much as 6.6 nm and can close against forces in excess of 16 pN. Key differences in the cleavage, ligation, and gate dynamics of these two enzymes provide insights into their different cellular functions. The single-molecule results are broadly consistent with conformational changes obtained from molecular dynamics simulations. These results allowed us to develop a mechanistic model of interactions between type IA topoisomerases and single-stranded DNA.

DOI

10.1038/s41594-018-0158-x

Identifier

30478267

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Pubmed Accepted Manuscript

Nat Struct Mol Biol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2019 May 26. Published in final edited form as: Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2018 Dec; 25(12): 1111–1118. Published online 2018 Nov 26. doi: 10.1038/s41594-018-0158-x

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