v5.1.0.3
Cicer data from the Legume Information System
Type | Family |
Description | Twinkle protein (T7-like mitochondrial DNA helicase) is a DNA helicase needed for mitochondrial DNA replication [ ]. It catalyses the ATP-dependent unwinding of a DNA duplex with 5' to 3' directionality, and it needs a single-stranded 5'-DNA and a short 3'-tail to initiate unwinding []. In humans, mutations in TWINKLE cause autosomal dominant progressive external ophthalmoplegia, a human disorder associated with multiple deletions in the mitochondrial DNA []. Arabidopsis encodes a homologue to phage T7 gp4/Twinkle proteins that has both DNA primase and DNA helicase activities []. |
Short Name | Twinkle-like |