ligase

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪɡeɪz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪɡeɪz/

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 2004, p. 244:

     The glue is an enzyme called ligase, which stitches together loose sentences of DNA whenever it comes across them.

• DNA ligase
• amidoligase
• cycloligase

• ligate

• Siegal, silage

ligase

1. First-person singular (yo) imperfect subjunctive form of ligar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperfect subjunctive form of ligar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) imperfect subjunctive form of ligar.