DNA gyrase subunit A
BE0008382ProteinEscherichia coli (strain K12)gyrA
A type II topoisomerase that negatively supercoils closed circular double-stranded (ds) DNA in an ATP-dependent manner to maintain chromosomes in an underwound state (PubMed:12051842, PubMed:18642932, PubMed:186775, PubMed:19060136, PubMed:19965760, PubMed:20356737, PubMed:22457353, PubMed:23294697, PubMed:3031051, PubMed:7811004, PubMed:9148951). It is acted on by 15 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- gyrA
- UniProtKB entry
- P0AES4Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Cytoplasm
- Residues / weight
- 875 residues · 96,963 Da
- Also known as
- 5.6.2.2 · 5.99.1.3 · hisW · nalA · parD
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Pharmacology
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What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on DNA gyrase subunit A, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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