3d model dna ligase protein - DNA Ligase Protein by MichaelTaylor3D

This is the hydrophobic structure of the DNA Ligase protein. It has been procedurally shaded for a nice organic look. Its ready right out of the box to incorporate into any scientific visualization.

This is modeled primarily using quads to be 100% accurate to the scientific model.

In molecular biology, DNA ligase is a special type of ligase, which is an enzyme that in the cell repairs single-stranded discontinuities in double stranded DNA molecules, in simple words strands that have double-strand break (a break in both complementary strands of DNA). Purified DNA ligase is used in gene cloning to join DNA molecules together. The alternative, a single-strand break, is fixed by a different type of DNA ligase using the complementary strand as a template[citation needed] but still requires DNA ligase to create the final phosphodiester bond to fully repair the DNA.