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EC 3.6.4.12 Details
EC number
3.6.4.12
Accepted name
DNA helicase
Reaction
ATP + H2O = ADP + phosphate
Other name(s)
3&prime, to 5&prime, DNA helicase, 3′-5&prime, DNA helicase, 3′-5&prime, PfDH, 5&prime, to 3&prime, DNA helicase, AvDH1, BACH1 helicase, BcMCM, BLM protein, BRCA1-associated C-terminal helicase, CeWRN-1, Dbp9p, DmRECQ5, DNA helicase 120, DNA helicase A, DNA helicase E, DNA helicase II, DNA helicase III, DNA helicase RECQL5β, DNA helicase VI, dnaB (gene name), DnaB helicase E1, helicase HDH IV, Hel E, helicase DnaB, helicase domain of bacteriophage T7 gene 4 protein helicase, PcrA helicase, UvrD, hHcsA, Hmi1p, hPif1, MCM helicase, MCM protein, MER3 helicase, MER3 protein, MPH1, PcrA, PDH120, PfDH A, Pfh1p, PIF1
Systematic name
ATP phosphohydrolase (DNA helix unwinding)
Comment
DNA helicases utilize the energy from ATP hydrolysis to unwind double-stranded DNA. Some of them unwind duplex DNA with a 3′ to 5′ polarity [1,3,5,8], others show 5′ to 3′ polarity [10,11,12,13] or unwind DNA in both directions [14,15]. Some helicases unwind DNA as well as RNA [9,10]. May be identical with EC 3.6.4.13 (RNA helicase).
History
created 2009, deleted 2021
EC Tree
1.1.1.68 created 1965, deleted 1978 [transferred to EC 1.1.99.15, deleted 1980]
1.1.1.70 created 1965, deleted 1978
1.1.1.74 created 1972, deleted 1976
1.1.1.89 created 1972, deleted 1976
1.1.1.109 created 1972, deleted 1976
1.1.1.139 created 1972, deleted 1978
1.1.1.155 created 1976, deleted 2004
1.1.1.171 created 1978, deleted 1984
1.1.1.180 created 1983, deleted 1984
1.1.1.182 created 1983, deleted 1990
1.1.1.204 created 1972 as EC 1.2.1.37, transferred 1984 to EC 1.1.1.204, modified 1989, deleted 2004
1.1.1.242 created 1992, deleted 2001
1.1.1.249 provisional version created 1999, deleted 1999 (reinstated 2001 as EC 2.5.1.46)
1.1.1.253 created 1999, deleted 2003