Talk:Helicase
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It should be noted that there are RNA helicases that unwind RNA duplexes and also rearrange RNA-protein complexes.
E. coli contains 12 different helicases and some of them are not donut shaped. These non-hexameric helicases such as Rep and UvrD have been proposed to function as monomer or dimer. There is no direct evidence that any of the bacterial helicases can unwind DNA as a monomer.
This is interesting too. Plz, modify it so it doesn't look like a comment. Also add some info about the other 11 helicases. -- Boris 16:16, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Does helicase move along or drag DNA through?
According to Mechanism of T7 Primase/Helicase, "The helicase domain unwinds DNA by shuttling the 3'-end of the duplex DNA away from the molecule by pulling the 5'-strand through the enzyme." The animation is fascinating. 121.208.180.204 07:39, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Helicase Jokes
I think we should consider adding a joke section and we could start with this joke: "If I were a protein, I would be helicase so I could unzip your genes." :P Rage italic 15:43, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
That joke used to be on this page, but it was removed. I don't feel it is relevant to this article. Amboo85 (talk) 07:12, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
