TOP3B

Topoisomerase (DNA) III beta
Identifiers
Symbols TOP3B ; TOP3B1
External IDs OMIM: 603582 MGI: 1333803 HomoloGene: 2923 ChEMBL: 3127 GeneCards: TOP3B Gene
EC number 5.99.1.2
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 8940 21976
Ensembl ENSG00000100038 ENSMUSG00000022779
UniProt O95985 Q9Z321
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001282112 NM_011624
RefSeq (protein) NP_001269041 NP_035754
Location (UCSC) Chr 22:
21.96 – 21.98 Mb
Chr 16:
16.87 – 16.89 Mb
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DNA topoisomerase 3-beta-1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the TOP3B gene.[1][2][3]

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 relaxing the supercoils and altering the topology of DNA. The enzyme interacts with DNA helicase SGS1 and plays a role in DNA recombination, cellular aging and maintenance of genome stability. Alternative splicing of the C-terminus of this gene results in three transcript variants which have distinct tissue specificity; however, not all variants have been fully described.[3]

References

  1. Tang D, Kidd VJ (Dec 1998). "Cleavage of DFF-45/ICAD by multiple caspases is essential for its function during apoptosis". J Biol Chem 273 (44): 28549–52. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.44.28549. PMID 9786842.
  2. Kawasaki K, Minoshima S, Nakato E, Shibuya K, Shintani A, Schmeits JL, Wang J, Shimizu N (May 1997). "One-megabase sequence analysis of the human immunoglobulin lambda gene locus". Genome Res 7 (3): 250–61. doi:10.1101/gr.7.3.250. PMID 9074928.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: TOP3B topoisomerase (DNA) III beta".

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