| UniProt Protein Function: | Releases the supercoiling and torsional tension of DNA introduced during the DNA replication and transcription by transiently cleaving and rejoining one strand of the DNA duplex. Introduces a single-strand break via transesterification at a target site in duplex DNA. The scissile phosphodiester is attacked by the catalytic tyrosine of the enzyme, resulting in the formation of a DNA-(5'-phosphotyrosyl)-enzyme intermediate and the expulsion of a 3'-OH DNA strand. The free DNA strand then undergoes passage around the unbroken strand thus removing DNA supercoils. Finally, in the religation step, the DNA 3'-OH attacks the covalent intermediate to expel the active-site tyrosine and restore the DNA phosphodiester backbone. Essential component of the RMI complex, a complex that plays an important role in the processing of homologous recombination intermediates to limit DNA crossover formation in cells. Has DNA decatenation activity. |
| NCBI Summary: | This gene encodes a DNA topoisomerase, an enzyme that controls and alters the topologic states of DNA during transcription. This enzyme catalyzes the transient breaking and rejoining of a single strand of DNA which allows the strands to pass through one another, thus reducing the number of supercoils and altering the topology of DNA. This enzyme forms a complex with BLM which functions in the regulation of recombination in somatic cells. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2016] |
| UniProt Code: | Q13472 |
| NCBI GenInfo Identifier: | 1002819406 |
| NCBI Gene ID: | 7156 |
| NCBI Accession: | NP_001307688.1 |
| UniProt Secondary Accession: | Q13472,Q13473, A8KA61, B4DK80, D3DXC7, |
| UniProt Related Accession: | Q13472 |
| Molecular Weight: | 101,208 Da |
| NCBI Full Name: | DNA topoisomerase 3-alpha isoform 2 |
| NCBI Synonym Full Names: | DNA topoisomerase III alpha |
| NCBI Official Symbol: | TOP3A |
| NCBI Official Synonym Symbols: | TOP3; ZGRF7 |
| NCBI Protein Information: | DNA topoisomerase 3-alpha |
| UniProt Protein Name: | DNA topoisomerase 3-alpha |
| UniProt Synonym Protein Names: | DNA topoisomerase III alpha |
| UniProt Gene Name: | TOP3A |