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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 16.
Published in final edited form as: DNA Repair (Amst). 2019 Feb 5;76:1–10. doi: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2019.02.003

Table 1:

Replication/Recombination Helicases

E. coli S. cerevisiae X. laevis / H. sapiens

Fork Progression DnaB MCM2–7 MCM2–7
Rep Pif1, Rrm3 Pif1
RecQ RecQL4, RecQL5
PriA FancJ, RTEL
Mph1 FancM
MCM8, MCM9

Fork Reversal SMARCAL1*, ZRANB3*
HTLF*
RecG Sgs1 BLM, WRN
UvrD Srs2 FBH1
Mph1 FancM
MCM8, MCM9

Fork Protection FancJ, FancM

Fork Restart RecQ Sgs1 RecQL1
FancJ

Resection RecQ Sgs1 BLM, WRN
UvrD Srs2 FBH1
DNA2 DNA2
RecBCD
FancJ
MCM8, MCM9

Synapsis Sgs1 RecQL1, BLM, RecQL5
FancJ, RTEL1
UvrD Mph1 FBH1
MCM8, MCM9
Mer3 HFM1, HelQ

Branch Migration RecG, RecQ Sgs1 RecQL1, BLM, WRN
RuvAB

Dissolution RecQ Sgs1 BLM
*

translocase