DNA Ligases
"DNA Ligases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Poly(deoxyribonucleotide):poly(deoxyribonucleotide)ligases. Enzymes that catalyze the joining of preformed deoxyribonucleotides in phosphodiester linkage during genetic processes during repair of a single-stranded break in duplex DNA. The class includes both EC 6.5.1.1 (ATP) and EC 6.5.1.2 (NAD).
| Descriptor ID |
D011088
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.074.500 D08.811.464.754.600
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| Concept/Terms |
DNA Ligases- DNA Ligases
- Ligases, DNA
- Polydeoxyribonucleotide Ligases
- Ligases, Polydeoxyribonucleotide
- Polydeoxyribonucleotide Synthetases
- Synthetases, Polydeoxyribonucleotide
- DNA Joinases
- Joinases, DNA
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Jaspers NG, Raams A, Kelner MJ, Ng JM, Yamashita YM, Takeda S, McMorris TC, Hoeijmakers JH. Anti-tumour compounds illudin S and Irofulven induce DNA lesions ignored by global repair and exclusively processed by transcription- and replication-coupled repair pathways. DNA Repair (Amst). 2002 Dec 05; 1(12):1027-38.