Function
This antibody targets a protein that functions as a DNA topoisomerase. It relaxes the supercoiling and torsional tension of DNA introduced during DNA replication and transcription by transiently cleaving and rejoining one strand of the DNA duplex. The protein 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.