When Fidelity Matters: A frank discussion about ligase fidelity
Type
Blog Post
Published
March 6, 2018, 1:49 p.m.
...and is active over a range of elevated temperatures (37–75 °C).
T4 DNA ligase is highly active in nick... applications, there cannot be any end-joining activity, and for others, there is a need for the exclusive...ligate mismatches to a significant degree, and very active ligases, such as T4 DNA Ligase, can ligate nicks...and A:C mismatches. Thermostable DNA ligases are active at elevated temperatures, allowing further discrimination...combination of the intrinsic selectivity of the ligase active site and careful balance of reaction conditions...Bruce Wallace. "Specificity of the nick-closing activity of bacteriophage T4 DNA ligase." Gene 76.2 (1989...Watson-Crick base pair, are joined with nearly the same efficiency as a correct base pair.
DNA ligases have...