DNA helicases: one small step for PcrA, one giant leap for RecBC?
One might imagine that the mechanism of helicases would relate to the number of base pairs that are unwound for each ATP that is hydrolysed. Recent studies, however, suggest the situation can be more complicated than this.
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Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK. wigley@eric.path.ox.ac.uk
D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004265:DNA Helicases / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D043211:Exodeoxyribonuclease V; D005090:Exodeoxyribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006868:Hydrolysis
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C084217:pcrA protein, Bacteria; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D005090:Exodeoxyribonucleases; D043211:Exodeoxyribonuclease V; C468322:exodeoxyribonuclease V, E coli; D004265:DNA Helicases