Journal
MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 113, Issue 2, Pages 356-368Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14424
Keywords
archaea; DNA supercoiling; DNA topoisomerases; DNA topology; hyperthermophile; reverse gyrase
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- EDF France [RB-2003-16]
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Institute Jacques Monod
- Universite de Paris Diderot
- Universite d'Evry-Val d'Essonne
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Maintaining an appropriate DNA topology with DNA-based processes (DNA replication, transcription and recombination) is crucial for all three domains of life. In bacteria, the homeostatic regulation for controlling DNA supercoiling relies on antagonistic activities of two DNA topoisomerases, TopoI and gyrase. In hyperthermophilic crenarchaea, the presence of such a regulatory system is suggested as two DNA topoisomerases, TopoVI and reverse gyrase, catalyze antagonistic activities. To test this hypothesis, we estimated and compared the number of the TopoVI with that of the two reverse gyrases, TopR1 and TopR2, in Sulfolobus solfataricus cells maintained either at 80 or at 88 degrees C, or reciprocally shifted from one temperature to the other. From the three DNA topoisomerases, TopR1 is the only one exhibiting significant quantitative variations in response to the up- and down-shifts. In addition, the corresponding intrinsic activities of these three DNA topoisomerases were tested in vitro at both temperatures. Although temperature modulates the three DNA topoisomerases activities, TopR1 is the sole topoisomerase able to function at high temperature. Altogether, results presented in this study demonstrate, for the first time, that the DNA topological state of a crenarchaeon is regulated via a homeostatic control, which is mainly mediated by the fine-tuning of TopR1.
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