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Facts about DNA helicase B.
Acts independently of TP53BP1 (PubMed:26774285). Unwinds duplex DNA with 5'-3' polarity.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | HELB |
| Uniprot: | Q8NG08 |
| Entrez: | 92797 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| RecD family |

DNA helicase B; hDHB; helicase (DNA) B
Mass (kDA):
123.252 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 12q14.3|12q |
| Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (66302493..66343643) |
Highly expressed in testis and thymus and weakly in liver, spleen, kidney and brain.
Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Chromosome. Predominantly nuclear (PubMed:15146062). Phosphorylation at Ser-967 by CDK2 during the G1/S transition results in its nuclear export into the cytoplasm as cells approach and progress through S phase (PubMed:15146062). Following DNA damage, recruited to sites of double-strand breaks by the RPA complex (PubMed:26774285). Recruited to chromatin following DNA damage induced by UV irradiation, or camptothecin or hydroxyurea treatment (PubMed:22194613).




PMID: 12181327 by Taneja P., et al. A dominant-negative mutant of human DNA helicase B blocks the onset of chromosomal DNA replication.
PMID: 15146062 by Gu J., et al. Cell cycle-dependent regulation of a human DNA helicase that localizes in DNA damage foci.