TOP2 BASIC INFORMATION
| Standard Name | TOP2 1 |
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| Systematic Name | YNL088W |
| Alias | TOR3 , TRF3 2 |
| Feature Type | ORF, Verified |
| Description | Essential type II topoisomerase, relieves torsional strain in DNA by cleaving and re-sealing the phosphodiester backbone of both positively and negatively supercoiled DNA; cleaves complementary strands; localizes to axial cores in meiosis (3, 4, 5, 6 and see Summary Paragraph)
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| Name Description | TOPoisomerase 1, 7 |
| GO Annotations | All TOP2 GO evidence and references |
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| View Computational GO annotations for TOP2 | |
| Molecular Function | |
| Manually curated | |
| Biological Process | |
| Manually curated | |
| Cellular Component | |
| Manually curated | |
| High-throughput |
| Mutant Phenotype | All TOP2 Phenotype details and references |
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| Classical genetics | |
| reduction of function |
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| Large-scale survey | |
| null |
| Interactions | TOP2 All interactions details and references |
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| 71 total interaction(s) for 51 unique genes/features. | |
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| External Links | All Associated Seq | E.C. | Entrez Gene | Entrez RefSeq Protein | MIPS | UniProtKB |
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| Primary SGDID | S000005032 |
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION for TOP2
SUMMARY PARAGRAPH for TOP2
Topoisomerases catalyze the interconversion between topological states of DNA by breaking and rejoining DNA strands. These changes in DNA topology are required during several cellular processes such as replication, transcription, recombination, and chromosome condensation (8). There are three classes of topoisomerases that are distinguished by substrate (IA, IB, II). Type I topoisomerases cleave one DNA strand, while Type II enzymes cleave a pair of complementary DNA strands (5). The type IB topoisomerases relax both positively and negatively supercoiled DNA; Top2p is a highly conserved, essential protein with homologs in C. elegans, Drosophila, and humans (11); detailed comparisons between yeast and human Top2p have been done (12). Top2p, like other type II enzymes, hydrolyzes ATP and cleaves a pair of complementary strands to relax both positive and negative supercoils in DNA (8). To maintain the integrity of the cleaved DNA, Top2p forms a transient bridge that spans across the double-strand DNA break (5). Several antitumor drugs target Top2p (13). There are inhibitors that block Top2 catalytic activity as well as Top2p poisons that stabilize Top2-DNA complexes.
REFERENCES CITED ON THIS PAGE [View Complete Literature Guide for TOP2]
| 1) | Holm C, et al. (1985) DNA topoisomerase II is required at the time of mitosis in yeast. Cell 41(2):553-63 |
| 2) | Sadoff BU, et al. (1995) Isolation of mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae requiring DNA topoisomerase I. Genetics 141(2):465-79 |
| 3) | Klein F, et al. (1992) Localization of RAP1 and topoisomerase II in nuclei and meiotic chromosomes of yeast. J Cell Biol 117(5):935-48 |
| 4) | Goto T and Wang JC (1984) Yeast DNA topoisomerase II is encoded by a single-copy, essential gene. Cell 36(4):1073-80 |
| 5) | Wang JC (1996) DNA topoisomerases. Annu Rev Biochem 65:635-92 |
| 6) | Roca J (1995) The mechanisms of DNA topoisomerases. Trends Biochem Sci 20(4):156-60 |
| 7) | DiNardo S, et al. (1984) DNA topoisomerase II mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: topoisomerase II is required for segregation of daughter molecules at the termination of DNA replication. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 81(9):2616-20 |
| 8) | Berger JM (1998) Structure of DNA topoisomerases. Biochim Biophys Acta 1400(1-3):3-18 |
| 9) | Thrash C, et al. (1985) Cloning, characterization, and sequence of the yeast DNA topoisomerase I gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 82(13):4374-8 |
| 10) | Goto T and Wang JC (1985) Cloning of yeast TOP1, the gene encoding DNA topoisomerase I, and construction of mutants defective in both DNA topoisomerase I and DNA topoisomerase II. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 82(21):7178-82 |
| 11) | Hodges PE, et al. (1999) The Yeast Proteome Database (YPD): a model for the organization and presentation of genome-wide functional data. Nucleic Acids Res 27(1):69-73 |
| 12) | Strumberg D, et al. (1999) Molecular analysis of yeast and human type II topoisomerases. Enzyme-DNA and drug interactions. J Biol Chem 274(40):28246-55 |
| 13) | Beck WT, et al. (1993) Drug resistance associated with altered DNA topoisomerase II. Adv Enzyme Regul 33:113-27 |




