title: Mutational analysis of Escherichia coli topoisomerase IV. III. Identification of a region of parE involved in covalent catalysis.
abstract: The products of three dominant-negative alleles of parE, encoding the ATP-binding subunit of topoisomerase IV (Topo IV), were purified and their activities characterized when reconstituted with ParC to form Topo IV. The ability of the ParE E418K, ParE G419D, and ParE G442D mutant Topo IVs to bind DNA, hydrolyze ATP, and close their ATP-dependent clamp was relatively unaffected. However, their ability to relax negatively supercoiled DNA was compromised significantly. This could be attributed to severe defects in covalent complex formation between ParC and DNA. Thus, these residues, which are far from the active site Tyr of ParC, contribute to covalent catalysis. This indicates that a dramatic conformational rearrangement of the protein likely occurs subsequent to the binding of the G segment at the DNA gate and prior to its opening.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bahng
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mossessova
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nurse
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Marians
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000483:Alleles; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D001665:Binding Sites; D027101:DNA Topoisomerase IV; D004250:DNA Topoisomerases, Type II / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D004278:DNA, Superhelical / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009154:Mutation; D009643:Norfloxacin / Q000737:chemistry; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000235:genetics; D011487:Protein Conformation
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004278:DNA, Superhelical; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D027101:DNA Topoisomerase IV; D004250:DNA Topoisomerases, Type II; D009643:Norfloxacin