| Literature DB >> 10655606 |
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.Mesh:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10655606 DOI: 10.1038/72464
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Struct Biol ISSN: 1072-8368