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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Transferases > Phosphotransferases > Nucleotidyltransferases > RNA Nucleotidyltransferases > RNA Helicases > DEAD-box RNA Helicases

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DEAD-box RNA Helicases  

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Entry terms

  • DEAD box RNA Helicase
  • DEAD-box RNA Helicase
  • Helicase, DEAD-box RNA
  • RNA Helicase, DEAD-box

Scope note

  • A large family of RNA helicases that share a common protein motif with the single letter amino acid sequence D-E-A-D (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp). In addition to RNA helicase activity, members of the DEAD-box family participate in other aspects of RNA metabolism and regulation of RNA function.

History note

  • 2007(1988)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D053487

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