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J Biol Chem, Vol. 275, Issue 19, 14649-14658, May 12, 2000

Distinct Effects of the UvrD Helicase on Topoisomerase- Quinolone-DNA Ternary Complexes^*

Molly E. Shea and Hiroshi Hiasa

From the Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

Quinolone antibacterial drugs target both DNA gyrase (Gyr) and topoisomerase IV (Topo IV) and form topoisomerase-quinolone-DNA ternary complexes. The formation of ternary complexes results in the inhibition of DNA replication and leads to the generation of double-strand breaks and subsequent cell death. Here, we have studied the consequences of collisions between the UvrD helicase and the ternary complexes formed with either Gyr, Topo IV, or a mutant Gyr, Gyr (A59), which does not wrap the DNA strand around itself. We show (i) that Gyr-norfloxacin (Norf)-DNA and Topo IV-Norf-DNA, but not Gyr (A59)-Norf-DNA, ternary complexes inhibit the UvrD-catalyzed strand-displacement activity, (ii) that a single-strand break is generated at small portions of the ternary complexes upon their collisions with UvrD, and (iii) that the majority of Topo IV-Norf-DNA ternary complexes become nonreversible when UvrD collides with the Topo IV-Norf-DNA ternary complexes, whereas the majority of Gyr-Norf-DNA ternary complexes remain reversible after their collision with the UvrD helicase. These results indicated that different DNA repair mechanisms might be involved in the repair of Gyr-Norf-DNA and Topo IV-Norf-DNA ternary complexes.

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^* This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant GM59465-01.The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. The article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

Member of the University of Minnesota Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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Copyright © 2000 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

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