A naturally chimeric type IIA topoisomerase in Aquifex aeolicus highlights an evolutionary path for the emergence of functional paralogs

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 51, 2010, Pages 22055-22059

  Tretter, Elsa M ^a   Lerman, Jeffrey C ^b   Berger, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ingenuity Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome dynamics; DNA binding proteins; Protein evolution

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; HOLOENZYME; PROTEIN PARC;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACTERIA; DNA GYRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOLOENZYMES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 78650653937     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1012938107     Document Type: Article

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