title: The TOP2 gene of Trypanosoma brucei: a single-copy gene that shares extensive homology with other TOP2 genes encoding eukaryotic DNA topoisomerase II.
abstract: A mixed oligonucleotide probe containing sequences encoding a septapeptide found in yeast, Drosophila and human DNA topoisomerase II was used to screen a genomic library of Trypanosoma brucei. A positive was obtained, and nucleotide sequencing shows that the entire gene encoding DNA topoisomerase II of this organism, TbrTOP2, resides within the T. brucei insert of the clone. A single open reading frame of 1221 triplet codons starting from the first ATG was identified; the amino acid sequence deduced from it is highly homologous to other eukaryotic DNA topoisomerase II and corresponds to a 137-kDa polypeptide. Analysis of restriction endonuclease digests of T. brucei DNA by blot hybridization following gel electrophoresis indicates that TbrTOP2 is a single-copy gene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004250:DNA Topoisomerases, Type II / Q000235:genetics*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014346:Trypanosoma brucei brucei / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004250:DNA Topoisomerases, Type II