PMID: 19448616 , Related PDB ids: 3FOE, 3FOF

Authors:

Laponogov I, Sohi MK, Veselkov DA, Pan XS, Sawhney R, Thompson AW, McAuley KE, Fisher LM, Sanderson MR

Title:

Structural insight into the quinolone-DNA cleavage complex of type IIA topoisomerases.

Journal:

Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2009 Jun;16(6):667-9. Epub 2009 May 17.

Abstract:

Type II topoisomerases alter DNA topology by forming a covalent DNA-cleavage complex that allows DNA transport through a double-stranded DNA break. We present the structures of cleavage complexes formed by the Streptococcus pneumoniae ParC breakage-reunion and ParE TOPRIM domains of topoisomerase IV stabilized by moxifloxacin and clinafloxacin, two antipneumococcal fluoroquinolones. These structures reveal two drug molecules intercalated at the highly bent DNA gate and help explain antibacterial quinolone action and resistance.