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ArticleThe EMBO journal2006

Structure of the N-terminal fragment of topoisomerase V reveals a new family of topoisomerases.

Bhupesh Taneja, Asmita Patel, Alexei Slesarev, Alfonso Mondragón

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Roles of Topoisomerases in Transcriptional Regulation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  6. DNA topoisomerases: Advances in understanding of cellular roles and multi-protein complexes via structure-function analysis.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2021
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  7. Archaea: A Gold Mine for Topoisomerase Diversity.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021
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  8. DNA topoisomerases as molecular targets for anticancer drugs.Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry · 2020
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  10. Topoisomerases as anticancer targets.The Biochemical journal · 2018
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  14. DNA Topoisomerases.EcoSal Plus · 2015
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  20. Remote control of DNA-acting enzymes by varying the Brownian dynamics of a distant DNA end.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bhupesh TanejaDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3500, USA.
Asmita Patel
Alexei Slesarev
Alfonso Mondragón
Northwestern University · USFidelity Systems (United States) · US

Funding

STRUCTURE/FUNCTION STUDIES OF TYPE I TOPOISOMERASESR01GM051350 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI MONDRAGON, ALFONSO · 1994 to 2017
$3.9M
Optimization of hybrid enzymes for DNA technologiesR44CA101566 · NCI · FIDELITY SYSTEMS, INC. · PI SLESAREV, ALEXEI I · 2005 to 2006
$750k
NCI NIH HHS R44 CA101566NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM051350
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Topoisomerases are involved in controlling and maintaining the topology of DNA and are present in all kingdoms of life. Unlike all other types of topoisomerases, similar type IB enzymes have only been identified in bacteria and eukarya. The only putative type IB topoisomerase in archaea is represented by Methanopyrus kandleri topoisomerase V. Despite several common functional characteristics, topoisomerase V shows no sequence similarity to other members of the same type. The structure of the 61 kDa N-terminal fragment of topoisomerase V reveals no structural similarity to other topoisomerases. Furthermore, the structure of the active site region is different, suggesting no conservation in the cleavage and religation mechanism. Additionally, the active site is buried, indicating the need of a conformational change for activity. The presence of a topoisomerase in archaea with a unique structure suggests the evolution of a separate mechanism to alter DNA.

Indexed as

Models, MolecularAmino Acid SequenceBinding SitesCrystallographyDNA Topoisomerases, Type IEuryarchaeotaMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesisProtein ConformationSequence Analysis, DNASpectrometry, FluorescenceDNA Topoisomerases, Type IDNA topoisomerase V

Identifiers

PMID16395333
PMCPMC1383508
OpenAlexW2127398553

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