ligase

See also: Ligase

English

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
• 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