Definition of Ligase
1. an enzyme [n -S] - See also: enzyme
Medical Definition of Ligase
1.
Major class of enzymes that catalyse the linking together of two molecules (category 6 in the I.U.B.C.E. Nomenclature) for example DNA ligases that link two fragments of DNA by forming a phosphodiester bond.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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