Linder, P., Lasko, P. (2006). Bent out of shape: RNA unwinding by the DEAD-Box helicase vasa.  Cell 125(2): 219--221.

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RNA helicases of the DEAD-box family are involved in essentially all RNA-dependent cellular processes. In this issue of Cell, Sengoku et al. (2006) solve the structure of the DEAD-box protein Vasa in the presence of RNA and a nonhydrolyzable ATP analog and provide important insights into how this family of helicases unwinds RNA.