HELICc

helicase superfamily c-terminal domain
HELICc
SMART accession number:SM00490
Description:
Interpro abstract (IPR001650):

The domain, which defines this group of proteins is found in a wide variety of helicases and helicase related proteins. It may be that this is not an autonomously folding unit, but an integral part of the helicase.

The eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A (eIF4A) is a member of the DEA(D/H)-box RNA helicase family This is a diverse group of proteins that couples an ATPase activity to RNA binding and unwinding. The structure of the carboxyl-terminal domain of eIF4A has been determined to 1.75 A resolution; it has a parallel alpha-beta topology that superimposes, with minor variations, on the structures and conserved motifs of the equivalent domain in other, distantly related helicases (PUBMED:11087862).

GO function:helicase activity (GO:0004386), ATP binding (GO:0005524), nucleic acid binding (GO:0003676)
Family alignment:
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There are 18056 HELICc domains in 17937 proteins in SMART's nrdb database.

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