helicase activity

id: GO:0004386
name: helicase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the reaction: NTP + H2O = NDP + phosphate, to drive the unwinding of a DNA or RNA helix.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0003678DNA helicase activity
GO:0003724RNA helicase activity
GO:0033677DNA/RNA helicase activity
GO:0070035purine NTP-dependent helicase activity

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0017111nucleoside-triphosphatase activity