All Are Correct About DNA Gyrase in E

All are correct about DNA gyrase in E. coli EXCEPT:

A) It is a topoisomerase that hydrolyzes ATP during its reaction mechanism.
B) Its mechanism involves the breaking of a single phosphoester bond in one strand of dsDNA.
C) It works to remove positive supercoiling introduced by the DnaB protein (helicase) .
D) It works to introduce negative supercoiling in DNA to overcome the torsion stress imposed upon unwinding.
E) All are true.

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