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== Relevance ==

The relevance of Hepatitis C helicase/primase is that the helicase/protease combination in HCV is believed to play a pivotal role in the replication cycle of HCV. The helicase exists as a dimer, bearing mutations, and can be found in three different functional states (9). The three functional states include a substrate-unbound state, an ATP-bound state, and an NA-bound state. The presence of ATP transitions the protease from high NA binding affinity to low NA binding affinity. The cooperation of helicase/protease binding the DNA is affected by the length of the ss lattice, and the desired ss DNA length is around 22nt (3).

The relevance of Hepatitis C helicase/primase is that the helicase/protease combination in HCV is believed to play a pivotal role in the replication cycle of HCV. The helicase exists as a dimer, bearing mutations, and can be found in three different functional states (9). The three functional states include a substrate-unbound state, an ATP-bound state, and an NA-bound state. The presence of ATP transitions the protease from high NA binding affinity to low NA binding affinity. The cooperation of helicase/protease binding the DNA is affected by the length of the ss lattice, and the desired ss DNA length is around 22nt (3). Approximately 3-4 percent of the population is affected by this chronic disease, yet there is still very little known on the function and treatment of this virus. New technology and experiments, like recombinant HCV DNA created from infectious molecular clones, are being created to try and learn more about this virus (8).

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 == Relevance ==
-The relevance of Hepatitis C helicase/primase is that the helicase/protease combination in HCV is believed to play a pivotal role in the replication cycle of HCV. The helicase exists as a dimer, bearing mutations, and can be found in three different functional states (9). The three functional states include a substrate-unbound state, an ATP-bound state, and an NA-bound state. The presence of ATP transitions the protease from high NA binding affinity to low NA binding affinity. The cooperation of helicase/protease binding the DNA is affected by the length of the ss lattice, and the desired ss DNA length is around 22nt (3).
+The relevance of Hepatitis C helicase/primase is that the helicase/protease combination in HCV is believed to play a pivotal role in the replication cycle of HCV. The helicase exists as a dimer, bearing mutations, and can be found in three different functional states (9). The three functional states include a substrate-unbound state, an ATP-bound state, and an NA-bound state. The presence of ATP transitions the protease from high NA binding affinity to low NA binding affinity. The cooperation of helicase/protease binding the DNA is affected by the length of the ss lattice, and the desired ss DNA length is around 22nt (3). Approximately 3-4 percent of the population is affected by this chronic disease, yet there is still very little known on the function and treatment of this virus. New technology and experiments, like recombinant HCV DNA created from infectious molecular clones, are being created to try and learn more about this virus (8).
 == Structural highlights ==