15 million people were self-employed in 2015, or 10.1 percent of all U.S. workers. Self-employment continues to be an important source of jobs in the United States. In 2015, 15.0 million people, or 10.1 percent of total U.S. employment, were self-employed, including those who had incorporated their businesses and those who had not.
DNA helicase is the enzyme that unwinds the DNA double helix by breaking the hydrogen bonds down the center of the strand. It begins at a site called the origin of replication, and it creates a replication fork by separating the two sides of the parental DNA.
The DNA replication process begins with helicase, which signals the DNA strand to unwind. Helicase is made of six proteins that are arranged in a ring. The enzyme uses adenosine triphosphate, an energy source, to help power it down the DNA strand. There are many different types of helicases. For example, human beings have 24 different helicases, while most bacteria have at least 10. Helicases can perform other types of jobs besides unwinding the DNA strand.