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A cell cycle-controlled redox switch regulates the topoisomerase IV activity.

ABSTRACT: Topoisomerase IV (topo IV), an essential factor during chromosome segregation, resolves the catenated chromosomes at the end of each replication cycle. How the decatenating activity of the topo IV is regulated during the early stages of the chromosome cycle despite being in continuous association with the chromosome remains poorly understood. Here we report a novel cell cycle-regulated protein in Caulobacter crescentus, NstA (negative switch for topo IV decatenation activity), that inhibits the decatenation activity of the topo IV during early stages of the cell cycle. We demonstrate that in C. crescentus, NstA acts by binding to the ParC DNA-binding subunit of topo IV. Most importantly, we uncover a dynamic oscillation of the intracellular redox state during the cell cycle, which correlates with and controls NstA activity. Thus, we propose that predetermined dynamic intracellular redox fluctuations may act as a global regulatory switch to control cellular development and cell cycle progression and may help retain pathogens in a suitable cell cycle state when encountering redox stress from the host immune response.

SUBMITTER: Narayanan S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4470285 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A cell cycle-controlled redox switch regulates the topoisomerase IV activity.

Narayanan Sharath S Janakiraman Balaganesh B Janakiraman Balaganesh B Kumar Lokesh L Radhakrishnan Sunish Kumar SK

Genes & development 20150601 11

Topoisomerase IV (topo IV), an essential factor during chromosome segregation, resolves the catenated chromosomes at the end of each replication cycle. How the decatenating activity of the topo IV is regulated during the early stages of the chromosome cycle despite being in continuous association with the chromosome remains poorly understood. Here we report a novel cell cycle-regulated protein in Caulobacter crescentus, NstA (negative switch for topo IV decatenation activity), that inhibits the ...[more]

PMID: 26063575

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A cell cycle-controlled redox switch regulates the topoisomerase IV activity.

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A cell cycle-controlled redox switch regulates the topoisomerase IV activity.

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