Nomenclature
EC number
3.6.4.13
Systematic name
ATP phosphohydrolase (RNA helix unwinding)
Recommended name
RNA helicase
Synonyms
1a NTPase/helicase <16> [5]
ATP/dATP-dependent RNA helicase <1,42> [32]
ATPase <10,12> [1,36]
ATPase/RNA helicase <1,42> [32]
ATPase/helicase <10> [36,41]
BMV 1a protein <16> [5]
BmL3-helicase <1,42> [32]
Brr2p <6> [50]
DBP2 <24> [30]
DDX17 <33> [12]
DDX19 <43> [56]
DDX25 <23,34,35> [12,21]
DDX3 <25> [8]
DDX3X <25> (<25> the gene is localized to the X chromosome [12]) [12]
DDX3Y <29> (<29> the gene is localized to the Y chromosome [12]) [12]
DDX4 <30> [12]
DDX5 <32> [12]
DEAD box RNA helicase <1,2,3> [32,45,52]
DEAD box helicase <2> [45]
DEAD-box RNA helicase <4,5,7,38,47,48> [9,14,16,25,53,55]
DEAD-box protein DED1 <38> [11]
DEAD-box rRNA helicase <5> [26]
DEAH-box RNA helicase <24> [30]
DEAH-box protein 2 <24> [30]
DED1 <38> [11,14]
DENV NS3H <10> [41]
DEXD/H-box RNA helicase <43> [56]
DEx(H/D)RNA helicase <12> [23]
DHX9 <44> [58]
DbpA <5> [10,25,26]
Dhx9/RNA helicase A <13> [61]
EhDEAD1 <7> [16]
EhDEAD1 RNA helicase <7> [16]
FRH <9> [54]
FRQ-interacting RNA helicase <9> [54]
GRTH <3> [57]
GRTH/DDX25 <3,35> [21,51]
HCV NS3 helicase <12> [48]
KOKV helicase <27> [7]
Mtr4p <31> [22]
NPH-II <8> [18,28]
NS3 <10,12,17,20,39,41> (<12,39> ambiguous [27,42,44]) [1,2,4,27,35,36,39, 42,44,46]
NS3 ATPase/helicase <10> [41]
NS3 NTPase/helicase <17> (<17> ambiguous [46]) [46]
NS3 helicase <10,12,17> [15,44,46]
NS3 protein <10,12,17,18> (<12> ambiguous [39]) [15,39,40,41,62]
NTPase/helicase <12> (<12> ambiguous [37]) [37,39]
RHA <6> [31,49]
RNA helicase <2> [45]
RNA helicase A <6,44> [31,49,58]
RNA helicase CrhR <14> [59]
RNA helicase DDX3 <25> [8]
RNA helicase Ddx39 <47> [53]
RNA helicase Hera <4> [9]
RNA-dependent ATPase <37> [34]
RNA-dependent NTPase/helicase <12> [1]
RTPase <10> [36]
RhlB <5> [43]
SpolvlgA <48> [55]
Supv3L1 <46> [64]
TGBp1 NTPase/helicase domain <22,28> [24]
Tk-DeaD <15> [47]
VRH1 <26> [33]
YxiN <2> [45]
eIF4A <36> [20]
eIF4A helicase <36> [20]
eIF4AIII <37> [34]
eukaryotic initiation factor eIF 4A <36> [20]
gonadotropin-regulated testicular RNA helicase <3> [51,57]
helicase <10> [41]
helicase B <5> [43]
helicase/nucleoside triphosphatase <10> [4]
non structural protein 3 <12> (<12> ambiguous [37,38]) [37,38]
non-structural 3 <10> [36]
non-structural protein 3 <17> [46]
non-structural protein 3 protein <18> [40]
nonstructural protein 3 <12,17,20,39,40,41> (<12,17,39,40> ambiguous [6,27, 39,42,44,46]) [1,2,6,27,35,39,42,44,46]
nucleoside 5’-triphosphatase <10> [4]
nucleoside triphosphatase/RNA helicase and 5’-RNA triphosphatase <20> [2]
nucleoside triphosphatase/helicase <16> [5]
p54 RNA helicase <45> [60]
p68 RNA helicase <3,6> [52,63]
protein NS3 <12> (<12> ambiguous [38]) [38]
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Schomburg, D., Schomburg, I. (2013). RNA helicase 3.6.4.13. In: Schomburg, D., Schomburg, I. (eds) Class 3.4–6 Hydrolases, Lyases, Isomerases, Ligases. Springer Handbook of Enzymes, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36260-6_25
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