ligase
One of a class of enzymes that join two substrate molecules in energy- (usually ATP-) dependent reaction, e.g. an amino acyl-tRNA synthetase, a carboxylase; in molecular biology, an enzyme that attaches the 3'-end of one polynucleotide to the 5'-end of another. (see also synthetase)
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