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Three-dimensional structure of the 67K N-terminal fragment of E. coli DNA topoisomerase I

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The three-dimensional structure of the 67K amino-terminal fragment of Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase I has been determined to 2.2 Å resolution. The polypeptide folds in an unusual way to give four distinct domains enclosing a hole large enough to accommodate a double-stranded DNA. The active-site tyrosyl residue, which is involved in the transient breakage of a DNA strand and the formation of a covalent enzyme–DNA intermediate, is present at the interface of two domains. The structure suggests a plausible mechanism by which E. coli DNA topoisomerase I and other members of the same DNA topoisomerase subfamily could catalyse the passage of one DNA strand through a transient break in another strand.

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  2. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachussetts, 02138, USA

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Lima, C., Wang, J. & Mondragón, A. Three-dimensional structure of the 67K N-terminal fragment of E. coli DNA topoisomerase I. Nature 367, 138–146 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/367138a0

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