IS21 family transposase cleaved donor complex traps two right-handed superhelical crossings

Abstract Transposases are ubiquitous enzymes that catalyze DNA rearrangement events with broad impacts on gene expression, genome evolution, and the spread of drug-resistance in bacteria. Here, we use biochemical and structural approaches to define the molecular determinants by which IstA, a transpo...

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Main Authors: Mercedes Spínola-Amilibia, Lidia Araújo-Bazán, Álvaro de la Gándara, James M. Berger, Ernesto Arias-Palomo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38071-x