Medical Definition of DNA ligases
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Poly(deoxyribonucleotide):poly(deoxyribonucleotide)ligases. Enzymes that catalyze the joining of preformed deoxyribonucleotides in phosphodiester linkage during genetic processes during repair of a single-stranded break in duplex DNA. The class includes both ATP and NAD.
Registry number: EC 6.5.1.-
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of DNA Ligases
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