| id | GO:0004386 Detailed information
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| name | helicase activity
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| namespace | molecular_function
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| def | "Catalysis of the reaction: NTP + H2O = NDP + phosphate, to drive the unwinding of a DNA or RNA helix." [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]
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| comment | Note that most helicases catalyze processive duplex unwinding.
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| subset | goslim_candida
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| subset | goslim_pir
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| subset | goslim_yeast
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| xref | Reactome:7001 "helicase activity"
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| is_a | GO:0017111 ! nucleoside-triphosphatase activity
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