2026-09-22T05:20:49Z https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/42268 2023-07-11 col_2142_5131 col_2142_14795 com_2142_5130 com_2142_14794 com_2142_14793 com_2142_8903

Cann, Isaac K. Cann, Isaac K.O. Fratti, Rutilio A. Metcalf, William W. Nair, Satish K. Morales, Raymond 2013-02-03T19:29:47Z 2013-02-03T19:29:47Z 2012-12 2013-02-03T19:29:47Z 2012-12 The characterization of the ω protein, eventually renamed to Escherichia coli Topoisomerase I (EcoTopoI), by Prof. James C Wang opened the door to the previously unknown world of molecular machines that manipulate DNA topology. Since then, topoisomerases have been demonstrated to be vital instruments of the cellular machinery in a wide array of processes that are essential for life such as DNA synthesis, DNA repair and chromosome segregation. Their essentiality is further exemplified through the fact that these molecular machines have been identified in every species sequenced to date regardless of domain. As a result, they remain to be a therapeutic target of interest with numerous drugs in various stages of development. Each class of topoisomerase has its own phylogenetic distribution. The focus of this study is the type IA topoisomerase III (TopoIII). From mice to men, higher order eukaryotes contain two TopoIII enzymes while lower order eukaryotes such as yeast contain a single TopoIII. Sequence examination and biochemical studies reveal that this is not the result of gene duplication. Instead, these enzymes have distinct biological roles. Methanosarcinales is the only sequenced archaeal order with this distinct distribution of two TopoIIIs. And yet, there is little information currently available on archaeal TopoIII. Here we report on Methanosarcina acetivorans TopoIIIα (MacTopoIIIα) as the first biochemically characterized mesophilic archaeal topoisomerase. The ensuing study delves into the biochemical properties of a singular topoisomerase from a relatively unexplored domain and utilizes a large-scale phylogenomic approach to illustrate the therapeutic potential of the specific class to which it belongs. This report provides the first analysis of over 2000 topoisomerase sequences from the type IA class. Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2012-09-14T15:17:18Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 1 Raymond Morales Thesis 07 30 2012.pdf: 2213561 bytes, checksum: 1ddcad8f13522f64f1c3d51f768f38cc (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2013-02-03T19:29:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Raymond_Morales.pdf: 2258849 bytes, checksum: 2557d3995ea7d180c6d09a45c2ccb4a6 (MD5) license.txt: 4065 bytes, checksum: c430c5be1a067ab19eee8b90f8494d03 (MD5) http://hdl.handle.net/2142/42268 en Copyright 2012 Raymond Morales TYPE IA TOPOISOMERASES TopoIII Archaea METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS C2A TOPOIII MacTopoIII phylogenomics large-scale analysis mesophile in vitro Type IA topoisomerases: a phylogenomic and biochemical analysis of Methanosarcina acetivorans C2A TopoIII text Biochemistry 1438 Biochemistry 0318 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D. PHD:Biochemistry -UIUC 10KS0318PHD