Skip to main content
. 2010 Apr 27;38(16):5518–5526. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkq273

Table 2.

Unwinding rates for AT- and GC-rich sequences

Helicase Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
(bp/s) (bp/s)
T7 gp4 ∼60 (13) ∼10 (13) ∼0.17
T4 gp41a 190 24 ∼0.15
NS3b 62 (12) 22 (12) ∼0.35
RecQa 90 60 ∼0.7

aRates obtained in this work at 9 pN of applied force.

bValues reported at ∼10 pN of applied force.