Cordin O Banroques J Tanner NK Linder P 2006 RNA helicases of the DEAD-box protein family have been shown to participate in every aspect of RNA metabolism. They are present in most organisms where they work as RNA helicases or RNPases. The properties of these enzymes in vivo remains poorly described, however some were extensively characterized in vitro, and the solved crystal structures of a few are now available. Taken together, this information gives insight into the regulation of ATP and RNA binding as well as in the ATPase and helicase activities. This review will focus on the description of the molecular characteristics of members of the DEAD-box protein family and on the enzymatic activities they possess. https://sonar.ch/global/documents/244965 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.gene.2005.10.019 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/16337753 Gene. - 2006 Adenosine Diphosphate Adenosine Triphosphatases Alternative Splicing Amino Acid Motifs Amino Acid Sequence Animals Binding Sites Conserved Sequence Crystallography, X-Ray Humans Models, Biological Models, Molecular Molecular Sequence Data Protein Binding Protein Conformation Protein Processing, Post-Translational Protein Structure, Tertiary RNA Helicases RNA, Messenger Sequence Homology, Amino Acid Transcription, Genetic The DEAD-box protein family of RNA helicases. http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501