ligase

noun
/ˈlɪɡeɪz/UK/ˈlaɪɡeɪz/US

Etymology

From ligation + -ase.

Definitions

  1. Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the binding of two molecules

    Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the binding of two molecules; synthetase.

    • The glue is an enzyme called ligase, which stitches together loose sentences of DNA whenever it comes across them.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ligase. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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