Unwinding proteins

... coupling the hydrolysis of deoxynucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) catalyze unwinding of duplex DNA to generate single-stranded templates. In these reactions, ... A, T, C and G. The “wheels” corresponds to the NTP-driven ring-shaped proteins DNA, nucleotides and dNTP cannot function without preexisting ...

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... bidirectional from the origin of replication.To begin DNA replication, unwinding enzymes called DNA helicases cause the two parent DNA strands to ... forks are the actual site of DNA copying. Helix destabilizing proteins bind to the single-stranded regions so the two strands do not rejoin. ...

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