Look up: helicase


  1. Helicase
    Helicase: An enzyme that unwinds double-strand DNA into two single DNA strands.
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  2. helicase
    See DNA helicase.
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  3. helicase
    Synonym for DNA helicase ... <enzyme, molecular biology> A prokaryote enzyme that uses the hydrolysis of ATP to unwind the DNA helix at the replication fork, to allow the resulting single strands to be copied. Two molecules of ATP are required for each nucleotide pair of the duplex. ... (18 No...
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  4. helicase
    (from the article `heredity`) ...of the double helix first must be unwound from each other. A class of enzymes called DNA topoisomerases removes helical twists by cutting a DNA ...
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  5. helicase
    helicase A class of enzymes vital to all living organisms which unwinds double-strand DNA into two single DNA strands.
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  6. helicase
    Type: Term Pronunciation: hel-ĭ-kāz Definitions: 1. A general term describing enzymes capable of unwinding the DNA double helix beginning at the replication fork.
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  7. Helicase
    ==Function== Many cellular processes (DNA replication, transcription, translation, recombination, DNA repair, ribosome biogenesis) 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 ...
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