Figure 3.
DDX21 helicase activity is stimulated by ATP. a) Schematic diagram of RNA molecules used in helicase assay. A fluorescently labelled RNA 10mer is annealed to a fluorescent quencher 26mer. Once the strands separate, the 10mer reanneals to the excess unlabeled 14mer, resulting in a fluorescent signal. b) Helicase assay results showing a graph of fluorescent intensity over time for RNA dimer alone (open boxes), DDX21 with RNA dimer (closed boxes) and DDX21 with ATP and RNA dimer (closed circles).