what does this protein do?
2006-08-01 09:53:15 · 2 answers · asked by Philip C 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Vibrio fischeri is the name of a bacterium that expresses this protein; maybe it is the source for getting the specific protein (HrpB helicases are found in other organisms as well). I don't know the eact context you are refering to.
Helicase is a protein that uses the energy produced by ATP hydrolysis in order to unwind nucleic acid duplexes (DNA or RNA) in a certain direction. They take part in various processes like DNA replication, repair, etc. You can check a site describing DNA replication so that you understand better how helicases work.
HrpB is the name of the specific helicase (there are different types of helicases in a cell).
2006-08-02 00:59:13 · answer #1 · answered by bellerophon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I typed it into Yahoo search engine and got 4 hits. I haven't got a clue what the documents where trying to convey. Good Luck!
2006-08-01 18:10:42 · answer #2 · answered by magr8 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋