title: Are DEAD-box proteins becoming respectable helicases?
abstract: The vaccinia NPH-II RNA helicase, a member of the DEAD/DExH-box protein family, has been shown to be a processive, unidirectional RNA helicase with a step size of about one half turn of a helix. This finding demonstrates that RNA helicases can function as molecular motors.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Linder
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Daugeron
mesh_terms: D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D043583:Nucleoside-Triphosphatase; D011487:Protein Conformation; D020365:RNA Helicases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012326:RNA Splicing; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D014616:Vaccinia virus / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D043583:Nucleoside-Triphosphatase; D020365:RNA Helicases