Helicase

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A helicase is an enzyme which aids the unwinding of the double helix during DNA replication. In order to drive the unwinding of the double strand, a helicase hydrolyzes ATP.

There are usually several different types of helicases which are specialised for different roles such as repair replication and recombination [1].

References

  1. ↑ Genetics-Analysis of genes and genomes p.204
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