Fig. 5.
DDX1 ATPase activity is RNA dependent. (a) Spectroscopic ATPase activity of DDX1 in the presence of 15 μM stem IIB RNA measured as a function of ATP concentration. Michaelis kinetic hydrolysis constants (kcat = 15.9 ± 0.7 min− 1; Km = 1.0 ± 0.1 mM ATP) were calculated from a fit of the data to the Briggs–Haldane equation. Increasing concentrations of either (b) 351-nt RRE or (c) stem IIB RNA were titrated into DDX1 in the presence of 2.5 mM ATP. Hydrolysis curves plot the rate of ATP hydrolysis as a function of RNA concentration.