Reverse gyrase in thermophilic eubacteria
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C Bouthier de la Tour1, C Portemer, R Huber
1Laboratoire d'Enzymologie des Acides Nucléiques, URA 554 Centre National de la recherche Scientifique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
Journal of Bacteriology
|June 1, 1991
Abstract:
The presence of reverse gyrase, an unusual ATP-dependent type I topoisomerase first isolated from thermophilic archaebacteria, has been detected in four strains of Thermotogales, an order of extremely thermophilic eubacteria. This result suggests that reverse gyrase plays a key role in high-temperature-living organisms, independently of the evolutionary kingdom to which they belong.