synthetase
noun
syn·the·tase
ˈsin-thə-ˌtās 
-ˌtāz
: 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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To find out, the team compared Klosneuvirus’s aminoacyl tRNA synthetase sequences with other forms of the enzymes across the tree of life.
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Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2017
The results were all over the place, with each synthetase showing closest similarity to a different organism (mostly algae).
—Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2017
For example, most viruses lack aminoacyl tRNA synthetase enzymes, which shuttle amino acids onto transfer RNA molecules; these in turn make their way to the ribosome, dropping off their cargo to build proteins from the chains of amino acids.
—Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2017
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Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2017
The results were all over the place, with each synthetase showing closest similarity to a different organism (mostly algae).
—Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2017
For example, most viruses lack aminoacyl tRNA synthetase enzymes, which shuttle amino acids onto transfer RNA molecules; these in turn make their way to the ribosome, dropping off their cargo to build proteins from the chains of amino acids.
—Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2017
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synthetase
noun
syn·the·tase
ˈsin-thə-ˌtās, -ˌtāz
: an enzyme that catalyzes the linking together of two molecules especially by using the energy derived from the concurrent splitting off of a pyrophosphate group from a triphosphate (as ATP)
called also ligase
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