Bacterial conjugation: running rings around DNA.
Helicases are active in many aspects of DNA replication, recombination, repair and transcription. An integral membrane bacterial protein assembly involved in the transfer of DNA between cells has been shown to resemble a ring helicase, suggesting that it hydrolyzes ATP to pump DNA through a central channel.
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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Box 800733, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0733, USA. egelman@virginia.edu
D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D004260:DNA Repair; D004261:DNA Replication; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D008958:Models, Molecular; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C403125:trwB protein, E coli