Helicases are a class of enzymes thought to be vital to all organisms. Their main function is to unpack an organism's genetic material. Helicases are...

The minichromosome maintenance protein complex (MCM) is a DNA helicase essential for genomic DNA replication. Eukaryotic MCM consists of six gene products...

DNA helicases for leading strands and lagging strands are loaded on the template DNAs, the helicases run along the DNAs into each other. The helicases remain...

RNA helicase database stored data about RNA helicases. The URL referenced in the article has been invalid since at least December 31st 2017. Helicase Jankowsky...

DnaB helicase is an enzyme in bacteria which opens the replication fork during DNA replication. Although the mechanism by which DnaB both couples ATP hydrolysis...

but not all. Many organisms, including humans, contain DEAD-box (SF2) helicases, which are involved in RNA metabolism. DEAD box proteins were first brought...

Helicase, POLQ-like, also known as Helicase Q (HELQ), HEL308 and Holliday junction migration protein, encoded by the gene HELQ1, is a DNA helicase found...

strand. To synthesize DNA, the double-stranded DNA is unwound by DNA helicases ahead of polymerases, forming a replication fork containing two single-stranded...

ATP-dependent RNA helicase A (RHA; also known as DHX9, LKP, and NDHI) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DHX9 gene. DEAD/DEAH box helicases are proteins...

RecQ helicase is a family of helicase enzymes initially found in Escherichia coli that has been shown to be important in genome maintenance. They function...

A helicase–primase complex (also helicase-primase, Hel/Prim, H-P or H/P) is a complex of enzymes including DNA helicase and DNA primase. A helicase-primase...

helicase, also known as DNA helicase, RecQ-like type 3, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the WRN gene. WRN is a member of the RecQ Helicase family...

Chromodomain helicase DNA-binding (CHD) proteins is a subfamily of ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes (remodelers). All remodelers fall under...

Helicase-dependent amplification (HDA) is a method for in vitro DNA amplification (like the polymerase chain reaction) that takes place at a constant temperature...

PIF1 5'-to-3' DNA helicase is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PIF1 gene. This gene encodes a DNA-dependent adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-metabolizing...

ATP-dependent RNA helicase DHX58 also known as RIG-I-like receptor 3 (RLR-3) or RIG-I-like receptor LGP2 (RLR) is a RIG-I-like receptor dsRNA helicase enzyme that...

bacteria, primase binds to the DNA helicase forming a complex called the primosome. Primase is activated by the helicase where it then synthesizes a short...

Strongin, Alex Y. (2009). "NS4A regulates the ATPase activity of the NS3 helicase: a novel cofactor role of the non-structural protein NS4A from West Nile...

Dicer, also known as endoribonuclease Dicer or helicase with RNase motif, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DICER1 gene. Being part of the...

ERCC excision repair 6 like, spindle assembly checkpoint helicase is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ERCC6L gene. This gene encodes a member...

DEAH-box helicase 8, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DHX8 gene. This protein is member of the DEAH box polypeptide family. The main characteristic...

ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX3X is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DDX3X gene. DEAD box proteins, characterized by the conserved motif Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp...

Chromodomain-helicase-DNA-binding protein 8 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CHD8 gene. The gene CHD8 encodes the protein chromodomain helicase DNA...

Twinkle protein also known as twinkle mtDNA helicase is a mitochondrial protein that in humans is encoded by the TWNK gene (also known as C10orf2 or PEO1)...

The ssNA-helicase RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was discovered by bioinformatics. Although the ssNA-helicase motif was published as an RNA...

the drugs act through inhibition of the viral helicase primase complex, encoded by the UL5 (helicase), UL8 (scaffold protein) and UL52 (primase) genes...

contains an Snf2 helicase domain that is responsible for the hydrolysis of ATP to adenosine diphosphate (ADP). CHD8 encodes a DNA helicase that functions...

Probable ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX20, also known as DEAD-box helicase 20 and gem-associated protein 3 (GEMIN3), is an enzyme that in humans is encoded...

a DNA helicase with ATPase activity and a H+ motor, were able to bind, and the rotation of the motor drove the ATPase activity of the helicase in reverse...

DExH-box helicase 34 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DHX34 gene. DEAD box proteins, characterized by the conserved motif Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp...