TOP3A

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TOP3A
Gene ontology
Molecular function
Cellular component
Biological process
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UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_004618
NM_001320759

NM_009410

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001307688
NP_004609

NP_033436

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 18.27 – 18.32 MbChr 11: 60.63 – 60.67 Mb
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DNA topoisomerase 3-alpha is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the TOP3A gene.[5][6]

Function

This gene encodes a DNA topoisomerase, an enzyme that controls and alters the topologic states of DNA during transcription. This enzyme catalyzes the transient breaking and rejoining of a single strand of DNA which allows the strands to pass through one another, thus reducing the number of supercoils and altering the topology of DNA. This enzyme forms a complex with BLM which functions in the regulation of recombination in somatic cells.[6]

Meiosis

A current model of meiotic recombination, initiated by a double-strand break or gap, followed by pairing with an homologous chromosome and strand invasion to initiate the recombinational repair process. Repair of the gap can lead to crossover (CO) or non-crossover (NCO) of the flanking regions. CO recombination is thought to occur by the Double Holliday Junction (DHJ) model, illustrated on the right, above. NCO recombinants are thought to occur primarily by the Synthesis Dependent Strand Annealing (SDSA) model, illustrated on the left, above. Most recombination events appear to be the SDSA type.

Synthesis-dependent strand annealing (SDSA)
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In the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, multiple mechanisms limit meiotic COs.[7] During meiosis TOP3A and RECQ4A/B helicase antagonize formation of COs in parallel to FANCM helicase.[7] Sequela-Arnaud et al.[7] suggested that CO numbers are restricted because of the long-term costs of CO recombination, that is, the breaking up of favorable genetic combinations of alleles built up by past natural selection.

In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the topoisomerase III (TOP3)-RMI1 heterodimer (that catalyzes DNA single-strand passage) forms a conserved complex with Sgs1 helicase (an ortholog of the human Bloom syndrome helicase). This complex promotes early formation of NCO recombinants during meiosis[8] The TOP3-RMI1 strand passage activity appears to have two important functions during meiosis.[8] First, strand passage activity is employed early in coordination with Sgs1 helicase to promote proper recombination pathway choice. Second, strand passage activity is used later, independently of Sgs1 helicase, to prevent the persistence of unresolvable strand entanglements in recombination intermediates.

Interactions

TOP3A has been shown to

References

  1. ^ a b c ENSG00000177302 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000284238, ENSG00000177302Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000002814Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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  6. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: TOP3A topoisomerase (DNA) III alpha".
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