Abstract
Reactivity and chemical properties of calf thymus Topoisomerase I have been investigated with respect to enzyme ability to relax supercoiled DNA. The relaxation rate has been analyzed at optimum and relatively high salt concentration. Catalysis is processive at optimum salt concentration and distributive at a higher one; camptothecin decreases the initial rate of reaction in both salt conditions, but more so at the higher one. We conclude that:
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calf thymus Topoisomerase I requires, for its maximum reactivity, specific and characteristic reaction conditions;
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salt concentration affects DNA processing, indeed influencing the initial rate of DNA relaxation and directly reflecting the salt-dependence for the enzyme-duplex DNA binding;
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Topoisomerase I, from various sources, maybe individually responds to alteration of assay parameters such as pH, Mg++ and NaCl concentrations, indicating that individual criteria could be responsible for the catalytic activity optimum.
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Abbreviations
- BSA:
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bovine serum albumin
- CPT:
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camptothecin
- DTT:
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dithiothreitol
- PAGE:
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polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
- SDS:
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sodium docecyl sulfate
- Topo I:
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Topoisomerase I
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Coderoni, S., Paparelli, M. & Gianfranceschi, G.L. Optimum DNA relaxation reaction conditions for calf thymus DNA-Topoisomerase I are determined by specific enzyme features. Mol Biol Rep 14, 255–259 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00429894
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