Human topoisomerases and their roles in genome stability and organization

Y Pommier, A Nussenzweig, S Takeda… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Human topoisomerases comprise a family of six enzymes: two type IB (TOP1 and
mitochondrial TOP1 (TOP1MT), two type IIA (TOP2A and TOP2B) and two type IA (TOP3A …

DNA topoisomerases: Advances in understanding of cellular roles and multi‐protein complexes via structure‐function analysis

SJ McKie, KC Neuman, A Maxwell - Bioessays, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
DNA topoisomerases, capable of manipulating DNA topology, are ubiquitous and
indispensable for cellular survival due to the numerous roles they play during DNA …

Cellular roles of DNA topoisomerases: a molecular perspective

JC Wang - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2002 - nature.com
DNA topoisomerases are the magicians of the DNA world—by allowing DNA strands or
double helices to pass through each other, they can solve all of the topological problems of …

New mechanistic and functional insights into DNA topoisomerases

SH Chen, NL Chan, T Hsieh - Annual review of biochemistry, 2013 - annualreviews.org
DNA topoisomerases are nature's tools for resolving the unique problems of DNA
entanglement that occur owing to unwinding and rewinding of the DNA helix during …

Arginine methylation facilitates the recruitment of TOP3B to chromatin to prevent R loop accumulation

Y Yang, KM McBride, S Hensley, Y Lu, F Chedin… - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
Tudor domain-containing protein 3 (TDRD3) is a major methylarginine effector molecule that
reads methyl-histone marks and facilitates gene transcription. However, the underlying …

Knockouts model the 100 best-selling drugs—will they model the next 100?

BP Zambrowicz, AT Sands - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2003 - nature.com
The biopharmaceutical industry is currently faced with a tremendous number of potential
drug targets identified through the sequencing of the human genome. The challenge ahead …

Regulated splicing of the fibronectin EDA exon is essential for proper skin wound healing and normal lifespan

AF Muro, AK Chauhan, S Gajovic, A Iaconcig… - The Journal of cell …, 2003 - rupress.org
Fibronectins (FNs) are multifunctional high molecular weight glycoproteins present in the
blood plasma and in the ECMs of tissues. The FN primary transcript undergoes alternative …

Type i DNA topoisomerases

G Capranico, J Marinello… - Journal of medicinal …, 2017 - ACS Publications
DNA topoisomerases constitute a large family of enzymes that are essential for all domains
of life. Although they share general reaction chemistry and the capacity to govern DNA …

Top3β is an RNA topoisomerase that works with fragile X syndrome protein to promote synapse formation

D Xu, W Shen, R Guo, Y Xue, W Peng, J Sima… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Topoisomerases are crucial for solving DNA topological problems, but they have not been
linked to RNA metabolism. Here we show that human topoisomerase 3β (Top3β) is an RNA …

DNA topology and topoisomerases: teaching a “knotty” subject

JE Deweese, MA Osheroff… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
DNA is essentially an extremely long double‐stranded rope in which the two strands are
wound about one another. As a result, topological properties of the genetic material …