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J. Bacteriol., 01 1998, 274-281, Vol 180, No. 2
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology

Reverse gyrase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima: properties and gene structure [In Process Citation]

C Bouthier de la Tour, C Portemer, H Kaltoum and M Duguet
Laboratoire d'Enzymologie des Acides Nucleiques, Institut de Genetique et Microbiologie, Universite Paris-Sud, Orsay, France. bouthier@igmors.u-psud.fr

The hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima MSB8 possesses a reverse gyrase whose enzymatic properties are very similar to those of archaeal reverse gyrases. It catalyzes the positive supercoiling of the DNA in an Mg2+- and ATP-dependent process. Its optimal temperature of activity is around 90 degrees C, and it is highly thermostable. We have cloned and DNA sequenced the corresponding gene (T. maritima topR). This is the first report describing the analysis of a gene encoding a reverse gyrase in bacteria. The T. maritima topR gene codes for a protein of 1,104 amino acids with a deduced molecular weight of 128,259, a value in agreement with that estimated from the denaturing gel electrophoresis of the purified enzyme. Like its archaeal homologs, the T. maritima reverse gyrase exhibits helicase and topoisomerase domains, and its sequence matches very well the consensus sequence for six reverse gyrases now available. Phylogenetic analysis shows that all reverse gyrases, including the T. maritima enzyme, form a very homogeneous group, distinct from the type I 5' topoisomerases of the TopA subfamily, for which we have previously isolated a representative gene in T. maritima (topA). The coexistence of these two distinct genes, coding for a reverse gyrase and an omega-like topoisomerase, respectively, together with the recent description of a gyrase in T. maritima (O. Guipaud, E. Marguet, K. M. Noll, C. Bouthier de la Tour, and P. Forterre, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94:10606-10611, 1977) addresses the question of the control of the supercoiling in this organism.

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