DNA Ligase

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DNA ligase is an enzyme that catalyses the production of a phosphodiester bond between stands of DNA. For example it's the enzyme that closes the gaps between the Okazaki fragments[1] on the lagging strand during DNA replication.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/bsm/xtal/teach/repl/ligase.html
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