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ReviewChromosoma2005

Human DNA topoisomerase I: relaxation, roles, and damage control.

John B Leppard, James J Champoux

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Review in Chromosoma, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers.

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86citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

86 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Yeast Tools for Studying Type II Topoisomerases in Budding Yeast.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  9. Genome Instability Induced by Topoisomerase Misfunction.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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26 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

John B LeppardDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, P.O. Box 357242, 1959 N.E. Pacific St., Seattle, WA 98195-7242, USA.
James J Champoux

Funding

EUKARYOTIC TOPOISOMERASE IR01GM049156 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI CHAMPOUX, JAMES J · 1994 to 2010
$2.9M
DNA BINDING BY HUMAN TOPOISOMERASE IR01GM060330 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI CHAMPOUX, JAMES J · 2000 to 2003
$949k
NIGMS NIH HHS GM49156NIGMS NIH HHS GM60330
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human DNA topoisomerase I is an essential enzyme involved in resolving the torsional stress associated with DNA replication, transcription, and chromatin condensation. The catalytic cycle of the enzyme consists of DNA cleavage to form a covalent enzyme-DNA intermediate, DNA relaxation, and finally, re-ligation of the phosphate backbone to restore the continuity of the DNA. Structure/function studies have elucidated a flexible enzyme that relaxes DNA through coordinated, controlled movements of distinct enzyme domains. The cellular roles of topoisomerase I are apparent throughout the nucleus, but the concentration of processes acting on ribosomal DNA results in topoisomerase I accumulation in the nucleolus. Although the activity of topoisomerase I is required in these processes, the enzyme can also have a deleterious effect on cells. In the event that the final re-ligation step of the reaction cycle is prevented, the covalent topoisomerase I-DNA intermediate becomes a toxic DNA lesion that must be repaired. The complexities of the relaxation reaction, the cellular roles, and the pathways that must exist to repair topoisomerase I-mediated DNA damage highlight the importance of continued study of this essential enzyme.

Indexed as

DNA DamageDNA ReplicationDNA Topoisomerases, Type IHumansModels, BiologicalModels, MolecularProtein ConformationDNA Topoisomerases, Type I

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