ligase

See also: Ligase

English

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ligase

Wikipedia

Etymology

From lig- +‎ -ase.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪɡeɪz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪɡeɪz/

Noun

ligase (plural ligases)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the binding of two molecules; synthetase.
   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 244:

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

Derived terms

• DNA ligase
• amidoligase
• cycloligase
• ubiquitin ligase

Related terms

• ligate

Translations

enzyme

Armenian: լիգազներ (hy) (ligazner) Chinese: Mandarin: 聯結酶 / 联结酶 (liánjiéméi), 連接酶 / 连接酶 (zh) (liánjiēméi) Finnish: ligaasi French: ligase (fr) f Georgian: ლიგაზა (ligaza) German: Ligase f Greek: δεσμάση f (desmási) Italian: ligasi (it) f Japanese: リガーゼ (rigāze) Kazakh: лигаза (ligaza) Korean: 연결 효소 (yeon'gyeol hyoso), 라이게이스 (raigeiseu), 리게이스 (rigeiseu) Persian: لیگاز Polish: ligaza f Portuguese: ligase f Spanish: ligasa f Turkish: ligaz sg, ligazlar pl Uzbek: ligaza Vietnamese: ligaza

Anagrams

• Gailes, Siegal, silage

French

Noun

ligase f (plural ligases)

1. ligase

Galician

Verb

ligase

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ligar

Spanish

Verb

ligase

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ligar