Computer artwork of DNA Helicase breaking apart the hydrogen bonds of a DNA strand for replication. Helicases are a class of enzymes vital to all livi
Computer artwork of DNA Helicase breaking apart the hydrogen bonds of a DNA strand for replication. Helicases are a class of enzymes vital to all living organisms. They are motor proteins that move directionally along a nucleic acid phosphodiester backbone, separating two annealed nucleic acid cellular processes involve the separation of nucleic acid strands. Helicases are often utilized to separate strands of a DNA double helix or a self-annealed RNA molecule using the energy from ATP hydrolysis, a process characterized by the breaking of hydrogen bonds between annealed nucleotide bases. They move incrementally along one nucleic acid strand of the duplex with a directionality and processivity specific to each particular enzyme.
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