Helicase
id:
helicase-162-5596690
title:
Helicase
text:
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 motor proteins that move directionally along a nucleic acid phosphodiester backbone, separating two hybridized nucleic acid strands, using energy from ATP hydrolysis. There are many helicases, representing the great variety of processes in which strand separation must be catalyzed. Approximately 1% of eukaryotic genes code for helicases. The human
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Class of enzymes to unpack an organism's genes
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicase
date created:
2004-01-30T14:18:35Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T17:01:01Z
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