💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ligases"
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| ubiquitinnoun | (biochemistry) Any of a class of small protein, or polypeptide, present in the cells of all eukaryotes, that play a part in modifying and degrading proteins. |
| polynucleotidenoun | (biochemistry) A polymeric macromolecule composed of many nucleotides; examples include DNA and RNA |
| alaninenoun | (biochemistry, uncountable) A nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins |
| thermostable | Physically or chemically unaffected by high temperatures |
| oxidoreductasesnoun | (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes an oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction. |
| endonucleasesnoun | (biochemistry) Any enzyme which catalyzes the cleavage of nucleic acids so as to produce variously sized fragments. |
| polymerasesnoun | (biochemistry) Any of various enzymes that catalyze the formation of polymers of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of RNA or DNA respectively as a template. |
| catalyzeverb | (transitive) To accelerate a process. |
| catalyzedverb | Having undergone catalysis. |
| mammalian | Of, or pertaining to, mammals. |
| enzymesnoun | (biochemistry) A biomolecule that catalyses a biological chemical reaction: either a globular protein with this function or an RNA molecule with this function. |
| dnanoun | (informal, loosely) The part of a living thing that carries genetic information. |
| joinverb | (transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together. |
| familynoun | A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family. |
| knownverb | Accepted, familiar, researched. |
| other | See other (determiner) below. |
| areverb | (rare) An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) metric unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a. |
| rnanoun | (biochemistry) Initialism of ribonucleic acid. [(biochemistry) A derivative of DNA having ribose in place of deoxyribose, and uracil in place of thymine; its primary function is in the transcription of genetic material and subsequent synthesis of protein.] |
| activatorsnoun | One who, or that which, activates. |
| cytochromenoun | Any of various related hemoproteins found in the cells of most organisms, which are an important part of cell respiration. |
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