YacG inhibits all the catalytic activities of DNA gyrase by preventing its interaction with DNA. It acts by binding directly to the C-terminal domain of GyrB, which probably disrupts DNA binding by the gyrase [1]. YacG has been shown to bind zinc and ...
YacG inhibits all the catalytic activities of DNA gyrase by preventing its interaction with DNA. It acts by binding directly to the C-terminal domain of GyrB, which probably disrupts DNA binding by the gyrase [1]. YacG has been shown to bind zinc and contains the structural motifs typical of zinc-binding proteins [2]. The conserved four cysteine motif in this protein (-C-X(2)-C-X(15)-C-X(3)-C-) is not found in other zinc-binding proteins with known structures.