(biochemistry) An enzyme which joins the ends of two deoxyribonucleic acid chains by catalyzing the synthesis of a phosphodiester bond between a 3′-hydroxyl group at the end of one chain and a 5′-phosphate at the end of the other.
deoxyribonucleic acid ligase
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