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	[[Image:2hix.png\|left\|200px\|thumb\|Crystal Structure of DNA ligase [[2hix]]]]		[[Image:2hix.png\|left\|200px\|thumb\|Crystal Structure of DNA ligase [[2hix]]]]















	'''DNA ligase''' (LigD) is an enzyme which repairs single-stranded breaks in a double-stranded DNA. LigD is activated , in a species-dependent manner, by hydrolysis of ATP or NAD+. Mammalian LigD I ligates the nascent DNA of the lagging strand; LigD III complexes with XRCC1 in the process of nucleotide excision repair; LigD IV complexes with XRCC4 and catalyzes the last step in the non-homologous DNA end joining.		'''DNA ligase''' (LigD) is an enzyme which repairs single-stranded breaks in a double-stranded DNA. LigD is activated , in a species-dependent manner, by hydrolysis of ATP or NAD+. Mammalian LigD I ligates the nascent DNA of the lagging strand; LigD III complexes with XRCC1 in the process of nucleotide excision repair; LigD IV complexes with XRCC4 and catalyzes the last step in the non-homologous DNA end joining.

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