Definition: Proteins that catalyze the unwinding of duplex DNA during replication by binding cooperatively to single-stranded regions of DNA or to short regions of duplex DNA that are undergoing transient opening. In addition DNA helicases are DNA-dependent ATPases that harness the free energy of ATP hydrolysis to translocate of DNA strands.
Other names DNA Unwinding Proteins; Unwinding Proteins, DNA; Helicases, DNA; Helicases, ATP-Dependent DNA; DNA Helicases, ATP-Dependent; ATP Dependent DNA Helicases; DNA Helicase III; DNA Helicase II; DNA Helicase E; DNA Helicase A; ATP-Dependent DNA Helicases