NCBI Accession #
NP_187923.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_112156.2
NCBI Official Full Name
Spo11/DNA topoisomerase VI, subunit A protein
NCBI Official Symbol
ATSPO11-1
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
SPO11-1
NCBI Protein Information
Spo11/DNA topoisomerase VI, subunit A protein
NCBI Summary
Encodes AtSPO11-1, one of the three Arabidopsis homologues of the archaeal DNA topoisomerase VIA subunit (topo VIA). Required for meiotic recombination. AtSPO11-1 and AtSPO11-2 have overlapping functions (i.e. both required for meiotic recombination) whereas AtSPO11-3 functions in DNA replication. AtSPO11-1 accumulates in foci in early G2. At 1 h post-S phase, no foci are observed, but by 3 h a majority (80%) of meiocytes at this time point contain >50 foci. However, by 5 h, AtSPO11-1 foci are no longer detectable. This suggests that the protein undergoes a rapid cycle of accumulation and disappearance in meiocytes over a period of between 1 and 5 h post-S phase.
UniProt Gene Name
SPO11-1
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
AtSPO11-1
UniProt Protein Name
Meiotic recombination protein SPO11-1
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9M4A2
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q9C5S3; Q9LK56
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9M4A2
UniProt Comments
Component of a topoisomerase 6 complex specifically required for meiotic recombination (PubMed:11157765, PubMed:17018031, PubMed:17965269, PubMed:26917763). Together with MTOPVIB, mediates DNA cleavage that forms the double-strand breaks (DSB) that initiate meiotic recombination (PubMed:26917763). The complex promotes relaxation of negative and positive supercoiled DNA and DNA decatenation through cleavage and ligation cycles (PubMed:11157765, PubMed:17018031, PubMed:17965269, PubMed:26917763).