TY - JOUR
T1 - On the simultaneous binding of eukaryotic DNA topoisomerase II to a pair of double-stranded DNA helices
AU - Roca, J.
AU - Berger, J. M.
AU - Wang, J. C.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - Stabilization of crossings of pairs of DNA helices by binding of eukaryotic DNA topoisomerase II was studied by two types of experiments. In one, mixtures of yeast DNA topoisomerase II and supercoiled DNA were incubated with vaccinia virus topoisomerase, and the linking numbers of the DNA products were measured to quantitate supercoils that were constrained by the stoichiometrically bound yeast enzyme molecules; in parallel, the same yeast enzyme-supercoiled DNA mixtures were incubated with a nonhydrolyzable ATP analog AMPPNP (adenosine 5'-(β,γ-imido)triphosphate) instead of the vaccinia enzyme, and DNA linking number changes following the addition of AMPPNP were measured to monitor DNA transport mediated by the yeast enzyme and AMPPNP. In the second type of experiments, formation of knotted DNA rings by the addition of AMPPNP to mixtures of yeast DNA topoisomerase II and different topological forms of DNA rings was studied. These experiments indicate that binding of yeast DNA topoisomerase II to DNA crossings is significant, especially in low salt media containing Mg(II), and that this mode of binding strongly affects DNA knotting. It appears, however, that stabilization of DNA crossovers by the eukaryotic type II enzyme is not directly related to its DNA transport activity.
AB - Stabilization of crossings of pairs of DNA helices by binding of eukaryotic DNA topoisomerase II was studied by two types of experiments. In one, mixtures of yeast DNA topoisomerase II and supercoiled DNA were incubated with vaccinia virus topoisomerase, and the linking numbers of the DNA products were measured to quantitate supercoils that were constrained by the stoichiometrically bound yeast enzyme molecules; in parallel, the same yeast enzyme-supercoiled DNA mixtures were incubated with a nonhydrolyzable ATP analog AMPPNP (adenosine 5'-(β,γ-imido)triphosphate) instead of the vaccinia enzyme, and DNA linking number changes following the addition of AMPPNP were measured to monitor DNA transport mediated by the yeast enzyme and AMPPNP. In the second type of experiments, formation of knotted DNA rings by the addition of AMPPNP to mixtures of yeast DNA topoisomerase II and different topological forms of DNA rings was studied. These experiments indicate that binding of yeast DNA topoisomerase II to DNA crossings is significant, especially in low salt media containing Mg(II), and that this mode of binding strongly affects DNA knotting. It appears, however, that stabilization of DNA crossovers by the eukaryotic type II enzyme is not directly related to its DNA transport activity.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 8390987
AN - SCOPUS:0027221961
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 268
SP - 14250
EP - 14255
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 19
ER -