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ligase
noun
(li-gase)
synthetase
ligase
noun
(li-gase)
an enzyme that catalyzes the linking together of two molecules usually using the energy derived from the concurrent splitting off of a pyrophosphate group from a triphosphate (such as ATP) —called also ligase
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