UPF1-like helicase grip on nucleic acids dictates processivity

UPF1 is a highly processive helicase that plays an essential role in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. Here the authors use single molecule binding assays to establish a functionally important relationship between helicase grip to nucleic acids, binding lifetime and the duration of translocation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joanne Kanaan, Saurabh Raj, Laurence Decourty, Cosmin Saveanu, Vincent Croquette, Hervé Le Hir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06313-y