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SUBMITTER: Yang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9363430 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Xi X Saha Sourav S Yang Wei W Neuman Keir C KC Pommier Yves Y
Nature communications 20220809 1
In metazoans, topoisomerase 3β (TOP3B) regulates R-loop dynamics and mRNA translation, which are critical for genome stability, neurodevelopment and normal aging. As a Type IA topoisomerase, TOP3B acts by general acid-base catalysis to break and rejoin single-stranded DNA. Passage of a second DNA strand through the transient break permits dissipation of hypernegative DNA supercoiling and catenation/knotting. Additionally, hsTOP3B was recently demonstrated as the human RNA topoisomerase, required ...[more]