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Ligase vs Phosphatase - What's the difference?

ligase | phosphatase |

In enzyme|lang=de terms the difference between ligase and phosphatase

is that ligase is ligase while phosphatase is phosphatase.

As nouns the difference between ligase and phosphatase

is that ligase is ligase while phosphatase is phosphatase.

ligase

English

(wikipedia ligase)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the binding of two molecules; synthetase.
  • * 1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 244:
  • The glue is an enzyme called ligase , which stitches together loose sentences of DNA whenever it comes across them.

    Anagrams

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    phosphatase

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze phosphate esters, and are important in the metabolism of carbohydrates, nucleotides and phospholipids, and in the formation of bone.
  • See also

    * kinase