Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables DNA helicase activity. Involved in DNA damage response; negative regulation of double-strand break repair via homologous recombination; and regulation of DNA double-strand break processing. Acts upstream of or within DNA duplex unwinding and DNA-templated DNA replication. Located in cytoplasm and nucleus. Orthologous to human HELB (DNA helicase B).