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Yep

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicase

The wild thing is that it doesn't have a 'gas tank' of ATP to drive the reaction, it goes this fast while being fueled one molecule at a time from the environment.

Where does the ATP come from?

Buckle up my mechanical engineer friend - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT5AXGS1aL8

I've watched that video a hundred times and it still gives me chills haha.

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the reactant molecules themselves, are primed with an ATP like a one use capacitor, it provides threshold energy, and is "consumed" as part of the reaction.

Nice. This was a detail I wasn't picking up on for some reason.

I remember studying this in detail 30 years ago. To watch that whole process in a video now it's mind blowing. Thank you.

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