Helicase
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
- ↑ Genetics-Analysis of genes and genomes p.204
Hartl D. and Jones E. (2009) Genetics: Analysis of Genes and Genomes, 7th edition, Sudbury: Jones & Bartlett Publishers.