DHX36 is a G-quadruplex (G4) resolving helicase that targets both DNA-G4 and RNA-G4. Here the authors use single molecule FRET measurements and show that DHX36 resolves RNA-G4 structures by a mechanism involving an ATP-dependent, highly repetitive and stepwise refolding of RNA-G4 that differs from its DNA-G4 structures resolving mechanism.
- Ramreddy Tippana
- Michael C. Chen
- Sua Myong