Question

What are ligases? Give one example.

Answer 1

The common names of ligases often include the word "ligase", such as DNA ligase, an enzyme commonly used in molecular biology laboratories to join together DNA fragments. Other common names for ligases include the word "synthetase", because they are used to synthesize new molecules.

Answer 2

ligase is an enzyme that can catalyze the joining of two large molecules by forming a new chemical bond.

Eg. DNA ligase is a specific type of enzyme, a ligase that facilitates the joining of DNA strands together by catalyzing the formation of a phosphodiesterbond.