"Ligases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A class of enzymes that catalyze the formation of a bond between two substrate molecules, coupled with the hydrolysis of a pyrophosphate bond in ATP or a similar energy donor. (Dorland, 28th ed) EC 6.
| Descriptor ID |
D008025
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.464
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| Concept/Terms |
Ligases- Ligases
- Synthetases
- Synthetase
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ligases" by people in Profiles.
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Natori Y, Tagami K, Murakami K, Yoshida S, Tanigawa O, Moh Y, Masuda K, Wada T, Suzuki S, Nanamiya H, Tozawa Y, Kawamura F. Transcription activity of individual rrn operons in Bacillus subtilis mutants deficient in (p)ppGpp synthetase genes, relA, yjbM, and ywaC. J Bacteriol. 2009 Jul; 191(14):4555-61.
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Vecchione A, Marchese A, Henry P, Rotin D, Morrione A. The Grb10/Nedd4 complex regulates ligand-induced ubiquitination and stability of the insulin-like growth factor I receptor. Mol Cell Biol. 2003 May; 23(9):3363-72.
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Rebbeck TR, Walker AH, Zeigler-Johnson C, Weisburg S, Martin AM, Nathanson KL, Wein AJ, Malkowicz SB. Association of HPC2/ELAC2 genotypes and prostate cancer. Am J Hum Genet. 2000 Oct; 67(4):1014-9.
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Harvey KF, Harvey NL, Michael JM, Parasivam G, Waterhouse N, Alnemri ES, Watters D, Kumar S. Caspase-mediated cleavage of the ubiquitin-protein ligase Nedd4 during apoptosis. J Biol Chem. 1998 May 29; 273(22):13524-30.