Ligases
"Ligases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A class of enzymes that catalyze the formation of a bond between two substrate molecules, coupled with the hydrolysis of a pyrophosphate bond in ATP or a similar energy donor. (Dorland, 28th ed) EC 6.
Descriptor ID |
D008025
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MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.464
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Concept/Terms |
Ligases- Ligases
- Synthetases
- Synthetase
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2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ligases" by people in Profiles.
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Smith CL, DeVera DG, Lamb DJ, Nawaz Z, Jiang YH, Beaudet AL, O'Malley BW. Genetic ablation of the steroid receptor coactivator-ubiquitin ligase, E6-AP, results in tissue-selective steroid hormone resistance and defects in reproduction. Mol Cell Biol. 2002 Jan; 22(2):525-35.
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Hermida-Matsumoto ML, Chock PB, Curran T, Yang DC. Ubiquitinylation of transcription factors c-Jun and c-Fos using reconstituted ubiquitinylating enzymes. J Biol Chem. 1996 Mar 01; 271(9):4930-6.