Table 1.

Amino acids homology comparisons between Leishmania donovani topoisomerase IIIβ (866 amino acids) and other members of typeIA topoisomerases.

Type IA topoisomerases	Identity (%)	Similarity (%)	Size (amino acids)
LdTopIIIα	28.54	59.66	947
LdTopIA	13.22	48.56	812
Human TopIIIα	27.14	55.47	1001
Human TopIIIβ	46.22	76.09	862
S. cerevisiae TopIII	22.96	47.33	656
S. pombe TopIII	22.56	49.32	622