DNA gyrase subunit B
BE0002388ProteinStaphylococcus aureusgyrB
A type II topoisomerase that negatively supercoils closed circular double-stranded (ds) DNA in an ATP-dependent manner to modulate DNA topology and maintain chromosomes in an underwound state. It is acted on by 29 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- gyrB
- UniProtKB entry
- P0A0K8Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Cytoplasm
- Residues / weight
- 644 residues · 72,539 Da
- Also known as
- 5.6.2.2 · 5.99.1.3
Resolves to
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on DNA gyrase subunit B, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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