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    DNA ligase is a type of enzyme that facilitates the joining of DNA strands together by catalyzing the formation of a phosphodiester bond. It plays a role...
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    DNA ligase 3 also DNA ligase III, is an enzyme that, in humans, is encoded by the LIG3 gene. LIG3 encodes ATP-dependent DNA ligases that seal interruptions...
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    DNA ligase 4 also DNA ligase IV, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the LIG4 gene. DNA ligase 4 is an ATP-dependent DNA ligase that joins double-strand...
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    DNA ligase 1 also DNA ligase I, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the LIG1 gene. DNA ligase 1 is the only known eukaryotic DNA ligase involved...
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  • ligases include the word "ligase", such as in DNA ligase, an enzyme commonly used in molecular biology laboratories to join together DNA fragments. However,...
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  • capable of recognizing nicks in DNA. The ligase forms a DNA-adenylate complex, assisting recognition. With human DNA ligase, this forms a crystallized complex...
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    to create recombinant DNA molecules (such as when a foreign DNA fragment is inserted into a plasmid). The discovery of DNA ligase dates back to 1967 and...
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    Okazaki fragments (category DNA replication)
    discontinuously and later linked together by the enzyme DNA ligase to create the lagging strand during DNA replication. They were discovered in the 1960s by...
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    E3 ligases regulates diverse areas such as cell trafficking, DNA repair, and signaling and is of profound importance in cell biology. E3 ligases are...
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  • The ligase chain reaction (LCR) is a method of DNA amplification. The ligase chain reaction (LCR) is an amplification process that differs from PCR in...
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    second component involves the bridging of DNA to DNA ligase 4, by hXRCC4, with the aid of Cernunnos-XLF. DNA-PKcs and hXRCC4 are anchored to Ku70 / Ku80...
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  • double-stranded DNA that originates in a linear form that is ligated by means of DNA ligase to a covalently closed ring. In most cases, transcription of viral DNA can...
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  • linear DNA molecule with a 3' thymine overhang. Since adenine and thymine form a base pair, this facilitates the joining of the two molecules by a ligase, yielding...
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  • Either DNA polymerase epsilon or DNA polymerase delta along with DNA ligase can be used to repair UV-damaged DNA. However, it is found that DNA polymerase...
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  • by ligation is a DNA sequencing method that uses the enzyme DNA ligase to identify the nucleotide present at a given position in a DNA sequence. Unlike...
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    accurately and replace them with DNA nucleotides forming a gap region known as a nick that is filled in using an enzyme called ligase. The removal process of the...
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  • segment of DNA by polymerizing nucleotides, a concept which is applicable to numerous fields in modern biology and related sciences. Ligase chain reaction...
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    is removed by DNA polymerase I via the process of nick translation. The removal of the RNA primer allows DNA ligase to ligate the DNA-DNA nick between...
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    Akira S, et al. (April 2014). "Pivotal role of RNA-binding E3 ubiquitin ligase MEX3C in RIG-I-mediated antiviral innate immunity". Proceedings of the National...
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  • HERC2 is a giant E3 ubiquitin protein ligase, implicated in DNA repair regulation, pigmentation and neurological disorders. It is encoded by a gene of...
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  • E3A may refer to: Y-DNA haplogroup E3a Ubiquitin protein ligase E3A Boeing E-3 Sentry, an American military aircraft Minamikyushu Expressway, route E3A...
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    and DNA fingerprinting. Enzymes called DNA ligases can rejoin cut or broken DNA strands. Ligases are particularly important in lagging strand DNA replication...
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    enzyme, DNA ligase, fragments generated by restriction enzymes could be joined in new combinations, termed recombinant DNA. By recombining DNA segments...
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    RNase H to nick mRNA that is replaced with E. Coli DNA Polymerase I and sealed with E. Coli DNA Ligase. An optimization of this procedure relies on low...
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    artificial DNA primers can be used to start DNA synthesis at known sequences in a template DNA molecule. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), ligase chain reaction...
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    replication fork, the gap in DNA after removal of the flap is sealed by DNA ligase I, which repairs the nicks that are left between the 3'-OH and 5'phosphate of...
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    eukaryotes, newly synthesized lagging-strand DNA transiently contains nicks (before being sealed by DNA ligase) and provides a signal that directs mismatch...
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  • of a DNA strand with no attached complement) known as a sticky end on each end of AATT. The overhang can then be used to ligate in (see DNA ligase) a piece...
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    Non-homologous end joining (category DNA repair)
    terminus used to initiate DNA synthesis is less stable at 3' overhangs, necessitating a specialized NHEJ polymerase. The DNA ligase IV complex, consisting...
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    involvement of various polymerases, primers, and/or ligases. During the replication of DNA, for example, the DNA polymerase I leaves behind a hole between the...
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