Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the linkage of two large molecules.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biochem.) An enzyme which catalyzes creation of a covalent bond between two substrates, resulting in a larger product which is a combination of the two starting materials; especially,
DNA ligase , an enzyme which creates a phosphate bond between 5′ and 3′ ends of a DNA chain, resulting in a longer chain of DNA. DNA ligase is important in normal biosynthesis of DNA in the replication cycle of cells.
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- noun biochemistry Any of a group of
enzymes thatcatalyze thebinding of twomolecules ;synthetase .
Etymologies
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S., and Ciechanover, A. (1983) "Components of ubiquitin-protein ligase system".
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DNA polymerase, Pol I, extends the DNA from the free 3'-OH using its exonuclease activity to replace the nucleotide of the damaged base, as well as a few downstream, followed by sealing of the new DNA strand by DNA ligase.
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Prediction and evolution of E3 ubiquitin ligase targets
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Prediction and evolution of E3 ubiquitin ligase targets
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fbharjo commented on the word ligase
a catalysis in linking DNA
October 23, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word ligase
I think you mean a catalyst.
October 24, 2010
fbharjo commented on the word ligase
I used the more archaic noun form to see if it would catalyze any action. Voilà!
October 24, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word ligase
Has anyone made a list of common catalysts? Anyone? Anyone?
*would not be surprised either way*
*begins plotting out cat o' list pun (or equivalent)*
October 24, 2010