DNA ligases catalyse the crucial step of joining the breaks in duplex DNA during DNA replication, repair and recombination, utilising either ATP or NAD(+) as a cofactor [1]. This domain is the catalytic adenylation domain. The NAD+ group is covalent ...
DNA ligases catalyse the crucial step of joining the breaks in duplex DNA during DNA replication, repair and recombination, utilising either ATP or NAD(+) as a cofactor [1]. This domain is the catalytic adenylation domain. The NAD+ group is covalently attached to this domain at the lysine in the KXDG motif of this domain. This enzyme- adenylate intermediate is an important feature of the proposed catalytic mechanism [1].