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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-6-6
pubmed:abstractText
Mycobacterium smegmatis topoisomerase I has several distinctive features. The absence of the zinc finger motif found in other prokaryotic type I topoisomerases and the ability of the enzyme to recognise single-stranded and duplex DNA are unique characteristics of the enzyme. We have mapped the strong topoisomerase sites of the enzyme on genomic DNA sequences from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M.smegmatis. The enzyme does not nick DNA in random fashion and DNA cleavage occurred at a few specific sites. Mapping of these sites revealed conservation of a pentanucleotide motif CG/TCT/T at the cleavage site (/ represents the cleavage site). The enzyme binds and cleaves consensus oligo-nucleotides having this sequence motif. The protein exhibits a very high preference for C or a G residue at the +2 position with respect to the cleavage site. Based on earlier and the present studies we propose that the enzyme functions in vivo mainly at these specific sites to carry out topological reactions.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1362-4962
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1830-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Determination of the recognition sequence of Mycobacterium smegmatis topoisomerase I on mycobacterial genomic sequences.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't