| Literature DB >> 2841153 |
A E Gorbalenya1, E V Koonin, A P Donchenko, V M Blinov.
Abstract
A statistically significant similarity was demonstrated between the amino acid sequences of 4 Escherichia coli helicases and helicase subunits, a family of non-structural proteins of eukaryotic positive-strand RNA viruses and 2 herpesvirus proteins all of which contain an NTP-binding sequence motif. Based on sequence analysis and secondary structure predictions, a generalized structural model for the ATP-binding core is proposed. It is suggested that all these proteins constitute a superfamily of helicases (or helicase subunits) involved in NTP-dependent duplex unwinding during DNA and RNA replication and recombination.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 2841153 PMCID: PMC7130140 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(88)81226-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124