Review Article

Archaeal Nucleic Acid Ligases and Their Potential in Biotechnology

Table 1

Properties of archaeal DNA ligases.

OrganismGrowth conditionsUniProt IDPDB IDCofactorReference

Bacteriophage
 Bacteriophage T4MesophileP00970ATP37°C[16, 37]
Crenarchaeota
Aeropyrum pernix HyperthermophileQ9YD18ATP, ADP70°C[38]
Desulfurolobus ambivalens Acidophile/thermophileQ02093NR[39]
Staphylothermus marinus HyperthermophileA3DP49ATP, ADP75°C[40]
Sulfolobus acidocaldarius Acidophile/thermophileQ4JAM1ATP85°C[41]
Sulfolobus shibatae Acidophile/thermophileQ9P9K9ATP, dATP60–80°C[42]
Sulfolobus solfataricus Acidophile/thermophileQ980T82HIX, 2HIVATPNR[28]
Sulfophobococcus zilligii HyperthermophileD2CJS7ATP, ADP, GTP75°C[22, 29]
Euryarchaeota
Archaeoglobus fulgidus HyperthermophileO296323GDEATPNR[25]
Ferroplasma acidarmanus AcidophileS0AR65ATP, dATP30°C[43]
Ferroplasma acidiphilum AcidophileQ2PCE4ATP, NAD+40°C[41]
Haloferax volcanii (LigA)HalophileD4GYZ4ATP NR[10]
Haloferax volcanii (LigN)HalophileD4GY98NAD+45°C[10, 44, 45]
Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus ThermophileQ50566ATP, dATP60°C[46]
Picrophilus torridus AcidophileQ6L195ATP, NAD+65°C[41]
Pyrococcus furiosus HyperthermophileP567092CFMATP55°C[26, 27, 47]
Pyrococcus horikoshii HyperthermophileO59288ATP70–90°C[23]
Thermococcus sp. 1519ThermophileC0LJI83RR5ATP70°C[31, 48, 49]
Thermococcus fumicolans HyperthermophileQ9HH07ATP, NAD+65°C[19]
Thermococcus kodakaraensis ThermophileQ9HHC4ATP, NAD+65°C[20, 50]
Thermococcus onnurineus HyperthermophileB6YTR4ATP, NAD+80°C[21]
Thermococcus sibiricus HyperthermophileC6A2U94EQ5ATPNR[30]
Thermoplasma acidophilum AcidophileQ9HJ26ATP, NAD+65°C[41]

: temperature optimum for the DNA ligase in vitro; NR: not reported.