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DNA and RNA Ligases (EC 6.5.1.1, EC 6.5.1.2, and EC 6.5.1.3)

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Enzymes of Molecular Biology

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Abstract

Ligases are a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of nucleic acid molecules by the formation of phosphodiester bonds between their termini (1). The nucleic acid substrate to be linked may be DNA or RNA depending on the type of ligase involved.

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Maunders, M.J. (1993). DNA and RNA Ligases (EC 6.5.1.1, EC 6.5.1.2, and EC 6.5.1.3). In: Burrell, M.M. (eds) Enzymes of Molecular Biology. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 16. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-234-5:213

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