Recombinant expression, purification and PEGylation of DNA Ligases

LK Zuma, NL Gasa, X Mazibuko… - Protein and Peptide …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Reagent proteins such as DNA ligases play a central role in the global
reagents market. DNA ligases are commonly used and are vital in academic and science …

Engineered DNA ligases with improved activities in vitro

RH Wilson, SK Morton, H Deiderick… - … , Design & Selection, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The DNA ligase from bacteriophage T4 is one of the most widely used enzymes in molecular
biology. It has evolved to seal single-stranded nicks in double-stranded DNA, but not to join …

Methods for competitive enrichment and evaluation of superior DNA ligases

JK Sharma, LJ Stevenson, KJ Robins… - Methods in …, 2020 - Elsevier
DNA ligases have numerous applications in molecular biology and biotechnology. However,
many of these applications require the ligation of blunt-ended DNA termini, which is an …

Development of non-electrophoretic assay method for DNA ligases and its application to screening of chemical inhibitors of DNA ligase I

D Sun, R Urrabaz - Journal of biochemical and biophysical methods, 2004 - Elsevier
A new rapid assay method for DNA ligases has been developed, which allows direct
quantification of enzyme activity without using the traditional polyacrylamide gel …

Evolution and Evaluation of Engineered DNA Ligases for Improved Blunt-End Ligation

J Sharma - 2020 - openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz
DNA ligases are fundamental enzymes in molecular biology and biotechnology where they
perform essential reactions, eg to create recombinant DNA and for adaptor attachment in …

Improved Ligation Specificity with Chemically Modified Ligation Components

N Paul, G Zon, R Hogrefe, A Lebedev… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ligases are gaining utility in molecular biology applications, such as nucleotide sequence
detection, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) detection, protein detection and “next …

DNA ligases: Structure, function and mechanism

W Cao - Current Organic Chemistry, 2002 - ingentaconnect.com
DNA ligases play an essential role in DNA replication, repair, and recombination and are
classified as ATP-dependent or NAD-dependent based on their adenylation cofactor …

From Structure‐Function Analyses to Protein Engineering for Practical Applications of DNA Ligase

M Tanabe, Y Ishino, H Nishida - Archaea, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
DNA ligases are indispensable in all living cells and ubiquitous in all organs. DNA ligases
are broadly utilized in molecular biology research fields, such as genetic engineering and …

DNA binding with a minimal scaffold: structure–function analysis of Lig E DNA ligases

A Williamson, M Grgic, HKS Leiros - Nucleic Acids Research, 2018 - academic.oup.com
DNA ligases join breaks in the phosphodiester backbone of DNA by catalysing the formation
of bonds between opposing 5′ P and 3′ OH ends in an adenylation-dependent manner …

DNA ligases

GJS Lohman, S Tabor… - Current Protocols in …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The DNA ligase enzyme family catalyzes the formation of a phosphodiester bond between
juxtaposed 5′‐phosphate and 3′‐hydroxyl termini in duplex DNA. This activity can seal …