Cell Senescence Entries for TOP3A

Cell Types
Colon cancer
Cell Lines
AGS
Cancer Cell?
Yes
Method
Knockdown
Type of senescence
Replicative
Senescence Effect
Induces
Primary Reference
Hsieh et al. (2014) DNA topoisomerase III alpha regulates p53-mediated tumor suppression. Clin Cancer Res 20(6)1489-501 (PubMed)

TOP3A Gene Information

HGNC symbol
TOP3A 
Aliases
TOP3; ZGRF7 
Common name
DNA topoisomerase III alpha 
Entrez Id
7156
Description
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].

TOP3A Ontologies

Gene Ontology
Process: GO:6265; DNA topological change
GO:51321; meiotic cell cycle
GO:51304; chromosome separation
GO:32042; mitochondrial DNA metabolic process
GO:724; double-strand break repair via homologous recombination
GO:71139; resolution of recombination intermediates
Cellular component: GO:5739; mitochondrion
GO:5759; mitochondrial matrix
GO:5694; chromosome
GO:16605; PML body
GO:5634; nucleus
GO:5654; nucleoplasm
GO:31422; RecQ family helicase-topoisomerase III complex
Function: GO:3676; nucleic acid binding
GO:8270; zinc ion binding
GO:46872; metal ion binding
GO:16853; isomerase activity
GO:3677; DNA binding
GO:5515; protein binding
GO:3916; DNA topoisomerase activity
GO:3917; DNA topoisomerase type I (single strand cut, ATP-independent) activity
GO:3697; single-stranded DNA binding
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Homologs of TOP3A in Model Organisms

Caenorhabditis elegans
top-3
Danio rerio
top3a
Drosophila melanogaster
Top3alpha
Mus musculus
Top3a
Rattus norvegicus
Top3a
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
TOP3
Schizosaccharomyces pombe
top3

In other databases

GenAge model organism genes
  • A homolog of this gene for Drosophila melanogaster is present as Top3alpha

External links

OMIM
601243
Ensembl
ENSG00000177302
Entrez Gene
7156
UniGene
713037
1000 Genomes
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