DNA gyrase: subunit structure and ATPase activity of the purified enzyme.
AUTOR(ES)
Mizuuchi, K
RESUMO
DNA gyrase has been purified to near homogeneity from Escherichia coli. The enzyme consists of two subunits of molecular weights 90,000 and 100,000 present in roughly equimolar amounts. The subunits can be identified as the products of two genes, determining resistance to coumermycin A1 and novobiocin (cou) and to nalidixic acid and oxolinic acid (nalA), respectively. These antibiotics were previously shown to be specific inhibitors of DNA gyrase. The ATPase activity of DNA gyrase is stimulated by double-stranded DNA and strongly inhibited by novobiocin but is relatively insensitive to oxolinic acid. Covalent attachment of an ATP derivative to the smaller (coumermycin-specific) subunit is also inhibited by novobiocin, suggesting that this drug interferes with the energy-coupling aspect of the DNA supercoiling reaction by blocking the access of ATP to the enzyme.
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