ligase
noun/ˈlɪɡeɪz/UK/ˈlaɪɡeɪz/US
Etymology
From ligation + -ase.
Definitions
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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