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( February 2007 ) DNA ligase DNA ligase repairing chromosomal damage Identifiers EC number 6.5. 1.1 CAS number 9015 - 85 - 4 Databases IntEnz IntEnz view BRENDA BRENDA entry ExPASy NiceZyme view KEGG KEGG entry MetaCyc metabolic pathway PRIAM profile PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum Gene Ontology AmiGO / QuickGO Search PMC articles PubMed articles NCBI proteins ligase I, DNA, ATP - dependent Identifiers Symbol LIG1 Entrez 3978 HUGO 6598 OMIM 126391 RefSeq NM_000234 UniProt P18858 Other data Locus Chr. 19 ( 1 ) ligase III, DNA, ATP - dependent Identifiers Symbol LIG3 Entrez 3980 HUGO 6600 OMIM 600940 RefSeq NM_002311 UniProt P49916 Other data Locus Chr. 17 q11. 2 - q12 DNA ligase is a specific type of enzyme, a ligase, ( EC 6.5. 1.1 ) that facilitates the joining of DNA strands together by catalyzing the formation of a phosphodiester bond. It plays a role in repairing single - strand breaks in duplex DNA in living organisms, but some forms ( such as DNA ligase IV ) may specifically repair double - strand breaks ( i.e. a break in both complementary strands of DNA ). Single - strand breaks are repaired by DNA ligase using the complementary strand of the double helix as a template, with DNA ligase creating the final phosphodiester bond to fully repair the DNA. DNA ligase is used in both DNA repair and DNA replication ( see Mammalian ligases ). In addition, DNA ligase has extensive use in molecular biology laboratories for recombinant DNA experiments ( see Applications in molecular biology research ). Purified DNA ligase is used in gene cloning to join DNA molecules together to form recombinant DNA. Contents 1 Ligase mechanism 2 Types of ligases 2.1 E. coli DNA ligase 2.2 T4 DNA ligase 2.3 Mammalian ligases 2.4 Thermostable ligases 3 Measurement of ligase activity 4 Applications in molecular biology research 5 History 6 Disorders 6.1 Xeroderma pigmentosum 6.2 Ataxia - telangiectasia 6.3 Fanconi Anemia 6.4 Bloom syndrome 7 As a drug target 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Ligase mechanism The mechanism of DNA ligase is to form two covalent phosphodiester bonds between 3 ' hydroxyl ends of one nucleotide ( `` acceptor '' ), with the 5 ' phosphate end of another ( `` donor '' ). Two ATP molecules are consumed for each phosphodiester bond formed. AMP is required for the ligase reaction, which proceeds in four steps : 1. Reorganization of activity site such as nicks in DNA segments or Okazaki fragments etc. 2. Adenylation ( addition of AMP ) of a lysine residue in the active center of the enzyme, pyrophosphate is released ; 3. Transfer of the AMP to the 5 ' phosphate of the so - called donor, formation of a pyrophosphate bond ; 4. Formation of a phosphodiester bond between the 5 ' phosphate of the donor and the 3 ' hydroxyl of the acceptor. A pictorial example of how a ligase works ( with sticky ends ) Ligase will also work with blunt ends, although higher enzyme concentrations and different reaction conditions are required. Types of ligases E. coli DNA ligase The E. coli DNA ligase is encoded by the lig gene. DNA ligase in E. coli, as well as most prokaryotes, uses energy gained by cleaving nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide ( NAD ) to create the phosphodiester bond. It does not ligate blunt - ended DNA except under conditions of molecular crowding with polyethylene glycol, and can not join RNA to DNA efficiently. T4 DNA ligase The DNA ligase from bacteriophage T4 is the ligase most - commonly used in laboratory research. It can ligate cohesive or `` sticky '' ends of DNA, oligonucleotides, as well as RNA and RNA - DNA hybrids, but not single - stranded nucleic acids. It can also ligate blunt - ended DNA with much greater efficiency than E. coli DNA ligase. Unlike E. coli DNA ligase, T4 DNA ligase can not utilize NAD and it has an absolute requirement for ATP as a cofactor. Some engineering has been done to improve the in vitro activity of T4 DNA ligase ; one successful approach, for example, tested T4 DNA ligase fused to several alternative DNA binding proteins and found that the constructs with either p50 or NF - kB as fusion partners were over 160 % more active in blunt - end ligations for cloning purposes than wild type T4 DNA ligase. A typical reaction for inserting a fragment into a plasmid vector would use about 0.01 ( sticky ends ) to 1 ( blunt ends ) units of ligase. The optimal incubation temperature for T4 DNA ligase is 16 C. Mammalian ligases In mammals, there are four specific types of ligase. DNA ligase I : ligates the nascent DNA of the lagging strand after the Ribonuclease H has removed the RNA primer from the Okazaki fragments. DNA ligase III : complexes with DNA repair protein XRCC1 to aid in sealing DNA during the process of nucleotide excision repair and recombinant fragments. Of the all known mammalian DNA ligases, only Lig III has been found to be present in mitochondria. DNA ligase IV : complexes with XRCC4. It catalyzes the final step in the non-homologous end joining DNA double - strand break repair pathway. It is also required for V ( D ) J recombination, the process that generates diversity in immunoglobulin and T - cell receptor loci during immune system development. DNA ligase II : appears to be used in repair. It is formed by alternative splicing of a proteolytic fragment of DNA ligase III and does not have its own gene, therefore it is often considered to be virtually identical to DNA ligase III. DNA ligase from eukaryotes and some microbes uses adenosine triphosphate ( ATP ) rather than NAD. Thermostable ligases Derived from a thermophilic bacterium, the enzyme is stable and active at much higher temperatures than conventional DNA ligases. Its half - life is 48 hours at 65 ° C and greater than 1 hour at 95 ° C. Ampligase DNA Ligase has been shown to be active for at least 500 thermal cycles ( 94 ° C / 80 ° C ) or 16 hours of cycling. This exceptional thermostability permits extremely high hybridization stringency and ligation specificity. Measurement of ligase activity There are at least three different units used to measure the activity of DNA ligase : Weiss unit - the amount of ligase that catalyzes the exchange of 1 nmole of P from inorganic pyrophosphate to ATP in 20 minutes at 37 C. This is the one most commonly used. Modrich - Lehman unit - this is rarely used, and one unit is defined as the amount of enzyme required to convert 100 nmoles of d ( A-T ) to an exonuclease - III resistant form in 30 minutes under standard conditions. Many commercial suppliers of ligases use an arbitrary unit based on the ability of ligase to ligate cohesive ends. These units are often more subjective than quantitative and lack precision. Applications in molecular biology research Main article : Ligation ( molecular biology ) DNA ligases have become indispensable tools in modern molecular biology research for generating recombinant DNA sequences. For example, DNA ligases are used with restriction enzymes to insert DNA fragments, often genes, into plasmids. Controlling the optimal temperature is a vital aspect of performing efficient recombination experiments involving the ligation of cohesive - ended fragments. Most experiments use T4 DNA Ligase ( isolated from bacteriophage T4 ), which is most active at 37 ° C. However, for optimal ligation efficiency with cohesive - ended fragments ( `` sticky ends '' ), the optimal enzyme temperature needs to be balanced with the melting temperature T of the sticky ends being ligated, the homologous pairing of the sticky ends will not be stable because the high temperature disrupts hydrogen bonding. A ligation reaction is most efficient when the sticky ends are already stably annealed, and disruption of the annealing ends would therefore result in low ligation efficiency. The shorter the overhang, the lower the T. Since blunt - ended DNA fragments have no cohesive ends to anneal, the melting temperature is not a factor to consider within the normal temperature range of the ligation reaction. The limiting factor in blunt end ligation is not the activity of the ligase but rather the number of alignments between DNA fragment ends that occur. The most efficient ligation temperature for blunt - ended DNA would therefore be the temperature at which the greatest number of alignments can occur. The majority of blunt - ended ligations are carried out at 14 - 25 ° C overnight. The absence of stably annealed ends also means that the ligation efficiency is lowered, requiring a higher ligase concentration to be used. A novel use of DNA ligase can be seen in the field of nano chemistry, specifically in DNA origami. DNA based self - assembly principles have proven useful for organizing nanoscale objects, such as biomolecules, nanomachines, nanoelectronic and photonic component. Assembly of such nano structure requires the creation of an intricate mesh of DNA molecules. Although DNA self - assembly is possible without any outside help using different substrates such as provision of catatonic surface of Aluminium foil, DNA ligase can provide the enzymatic assistance that is required to make DNA lattice structure from DNA over hangs. History The first DNA ligase was purified and characterized in 1967 by the Gellert, Lehman, Richardson, and Hurwitz laboratories. It was first purified and characterized by Weiss and Richardson using a six - step chromatographic - fractionation process beginning with elimination of cell debris and addition of streptomycin, followed by several Diethylaminoethyl ( DEAE ) - cellulose column washes and a final phosphocellulose fractionation. The final extract contained 10 % of the activity initially recorded in the E. coli media ; along the process it was discovered that ATP and Mg++ were necessary to optimize the reaction. The common commercially available DNA ligases were originally discovered in bacteriophage T4, E. coli and other bacteria. Disorders Genetic deficiencies in human DNA ligases have been associated with clinical syndromes marked by immunodeficiency, radiation sensitivity, and developmental abnormalities, LIG4 syndrome ( Ligase IV syndrome ) is a rare disease associated with mutations in DNA ligase 4 and interferes with dsDNA break - repair mechanisms. Ligase IV syndrome causes immunodeficiency in individuals and is commonly associated with microcephaly and marrow hypoplasia. A list of prevalent diseases caused due to lack of or malfunctioning of DNA ligase are as follows. Xeroderma pigmentosum Xeroderma pigmentosum, which is commonly known as XP, is an inherited condition characterized by an extreme sensitivity to ultraviolet ( UV ) rays from sunlight. This condition mostly affects the eyes and areas of skin exposed to the sun. Some affected individuals also have problems involving the nervous system. Ataxia - telangiectasia Mutations in the ATM gene cause ataxia - telangiectasia. The ATM gene provides instructions for making a protein that helps control cell division and is involved in DNA repair. This protein plays an important role in the normal development and activity of several body systems, including the nervous system and immune system. The ATM protein assists cells in recognizing damaged or broken DNA strands and coordinates DNA repair by activating enzymes that fix the broken strands. Efficient repair of damaged DNA strands helps maintain the stability of the cell 's genetic information. Affected children typically develop difficulty walking, problems with balance and hand coordination, involuntary jerking movements ( chorea ), muscle twitches ( myoclonus ), and disturbances in nerve function ( neuropathy ). The movement problems typically cause people to require wheelchair assistance by adolescence. People with this disorder also have slurred speech and trouble moving their eyes to look side - to - side ( oculomotor apraxia ). Fanconi anemia Fanconi anemia ( FA ) is a rare, inherited blood disorder that leads to bone marrow failure. FA prevents bone marrow from making enough new blood cells for the body to work normally. FA also can cause the bone marrow to make many faulty blood cells. This can lead to serious health problems, such as leukemia. Bloom syndrome Bloom syndrome results in skin that is sensitive to sun exposure, and usually the development of a butterfly - shaped patch of reddened skin across the nose and cheeks. A skin rash can also appear on other areas that are typically exposed to the sun, such as the back of the hands and the forearms. Small clusters of enlarged blood vessels ( telangiectases ) often appear in the rash ; telangiectases can also occur in the eyes. Other skin features include patches of skin that are lighter or darker than the surrounding areas ( hypopigmentation or hyperpigmentation respectively ). These patches appear on areas of the skin that are not exposed to the sun, and their development is not related to the rashes. As a drug target In recent studies, human DNA ligase I was used in Computer - aided drug design to identify DNA ligase inhibitors as possible therapeutic agents to treat cancer. Since excessive cell growth is a hallmark of cancer development, targetes chemotherapy that disrupts the functioning of DNA ligase can impede adjuvant cancer forms. Furthermore, it has been shown that DNA ligase can be broadly divided into two categories namely, ATP dependent and NAD+ dependent. Previous research has shown that although NAD - dependent DNA ligases have been discovered in sporadic cellular or viral niches outside the bacterial domain of life, there is no instance in which a NAD - dependent ligase is present in a eukaryal organism. 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External links DNA Ligase : PDB molecule of the month Davidson College General Information on Ligase OpenWetWare DNA Ligation Protocol DNA replication ( comparing Prokaryotic to Eukaryotic ) Initiation Prokaryotic ( initiation ) Pre-replication complex dnaC Cdc6 Helicase dnaA dnaB T7 Primase dnaG Eukaryotic ( preparation in G1 phase ) Pre-replication complex Origin recognition complex ORC1 ORC2 ORC3 ORC4 ORC5 ORC6 Cdc6 Cdt1 Minichromosome maintenance MCM2 MCM3 MCM4 MCM5 MCM6 MCM7 Licensing factor Autonomously replicating sequence Single - strand binding protein SSBP2 SSBP3 SSBP4 RNase H RNASEH1 RNASEH2A Helicase : HFM1 Primase : PRIM1 PRIM2 Both Origin of replication / Ori / Replicon Replication fork Lagging and leading strands Okazaki fragments Primer Replication Prokaryotic ( elongation ) DNA polymerase III holoenzyme dnaC dnaE dnaH dnaN dnaQ dnaT dnaX holA holB holC holD holE Replisome DNA ligase DNA clamp Topoisomerase DNA gyrase Prokaryotic DNA polymerase : DNA polymerase I Klenow fragment Eukaryotic ( synthesis in S phase ) Replication factor C RFC1 Flap endonuclease FEN1 Topoisomerase Replication protein A RPA1 Eukaryotic DNA polymerase : alpha POLA1 POLA2 PRIM1 PRIM2 delta POLD1 POLD2 POLD3 POLD4 epsilon POLE POLE2 POLE3 POLE4 DNA clamp PCNA Control of chromosome duplication Both Movement : Processivity DNA ligase Termination Telomere : Telomerase TERT TERC DKC1 Enzymes : Phosphoric ester and nitrogen - metal ligases ( EC 6.5 - 6.6 ) 6.5 : Phosphoric Ester DNA ligase 6.6 : Nitrogen - Metal Magnesium chelatase Cobalt chelatase Enzymes Activity Active site Binding site Catalytic triad Oxyanion hole Enzyme promiscuity Catalytically perfect enzyme Coenzyme Cofactor Enzyme catalysis Regulation Allosteric regulation Cooperativity Enzyme inhibitor Classification EC number Enzyme superfamily Enzyme family List of enzymes Kinetics Enzyme kinetics Eadie -- Hofstee diagram Hanes -- Woolf plot Lineweaver -- Burk plot Michaelis -- Menten kinetics Types EC1 Oxidoreductases ( list ) EC2 Transferases ( list ) EC3 Hydrolases ( list ) EC4 Lyases ( list ) EC5 Isomerases ( list ) EC6 Ligases ( list ) Molecular and Cellular Biology portal Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DNA_ligase&oldid=808318770 '' Categories : Genes on human chromosome 19 Genes on human chromosome 17 EC 6.5 Molecular biology DNA replication Biotechnology Enzymes Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from February 2007 All articles needing additional references Protein pages needing a picture Talk Search Contents About Wikipedia Català Čeština Deutsch Español فارسی Français Galego Հայերեն Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Македонски Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Slovenčina Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Svenska Türkçe Українська 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 2 November 2017, at 04 : 06. 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Question: which class of the enzymes can be used to join two fragments of dna
Answer: DNA ligase