| REF. | AUTHORS | TITLE | JOURNAL | VOL. | PAGES | YEAR | ORGANISM | LINK TO PUBMED | SOURCE |
| 1910 | Maunders, M.J. | DNA and RNA ligases (EC 6.5.1.1, EC 6.5.1.2, and EC 6.5.1.3) | Methods Mol. Biol. | 16 | 213-230 | 1993 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 1983 | Pick, L.; Hurwitz, J. | Purification of wheat germ RNA ligase. I. Characterization of a ligase-associated 5'-hydroxyl polynucleotide kinase activity | J. Biol. Chem. | 261 | 6684-6693 | 1986 | Triticum aestivum | PubMed |  |
| 1984 | Pick, L.; Furneaux, H.; Hurwitz, J. | Purification of wheat germ RNA ligase. II. Mechanism of action of wheat germ RNA ligase | J. Biol. Chem. | 261 | 6694-6704 | 1986 | Triticum aestivum | PubMed |  |
| 1985 | Perkins, K.K.; Furneaux, H.; Hurwitz, J. | Isolation and characterization of an RNA ligase from HeLa cells | Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA | 82 | 684-688 | 1985 | Homo sapiens | PubMed |  |
| 1986 | Rand, K.N.; Gait, M.J. | Sequence and cloning of bacteriophage T4 gene 63 encoding RNA ligase and tail fibre attachment activities | EMBO J. | 3 | 397-402 | 1984 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 1987 | Furneaux, H.; Pick, L.; Hurwitz, J. | Isolation and characterization of RNA ligase from wheat germ | Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA | 80 | 3933-3937 | 1983 | Triticum aestivum | PubMed |  |
| 1988 | Gegenheimer, P.; Gabius, H.J.; Peebles, C.L.; Abelson, J. | An RNA ligase from wheat germ which participates in transfer RNA splicing in vitro | J. Biol. Chem. | 258 | 8365-8373 | 1983 | Triticum aestivum | PubMed |  |
| 1989 | Mei-Hao, H.; Wang, A.; Hui-Fen, H. | Purification of T4 RNA ligase by dextran blue-Sepharose 4B affinity chromatography | Anal. Biochem. | 125 | 1-5 | 1982 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 1990 | Dolganov, G.M.; Chestukhin, A.V.; Shemyakin, M. | A new procedure for the simultaneous large-scale purification of bacteriophage-T4-induced polynucleotide kinase, DNA ligase, RNA ligase and DNA polymerase | Eur. J. Biochem. | 114 | 247-254 | 1981 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 1991 | Konarska, M.; Filipowicz, W.; Domdey, H.; Gross, H.J. | Formation of a 2'-phosphomonoester, 3',5'-phosphodiester linkage by a novel RNA ligase in wheat germ | Nature | 293 | 112-116 | 1981 | Triticum aestivum | PubMed |  |
| 1992 | Moseman McCoy, M.I.; Lubben, T.H.; Gumport, R.I. | The Purification of nuclease-free T4-RNA ligase | Biochim. Biophys. Acta | 562 | 149-161 | 1979 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 1993 | Sugiura, M.; Suzuki, M.; Ohtsuka, E.; Nishikawa, S.; Uemura, H.; Ikehara, M. | Purification of T4 RNA ligase by 2',5'-ADP Sepharose chromatography | FEBS Lett. | 97 | 73-76 | 1979 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 1994 | Last, J.A.; Anderson, W.F. | Purification and properties of bacteriophage T4-induced RNA ligase | Arch. Biochem. Biophys. | 174 | 167-176 | 1976 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 1995 | Silber, R.; Malathi, V.G.; Hurwitz, J. | Purification and properties of bacteriophage T4-induced RNA ligase | Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA | 69 | 3009-3013 | 1972 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 1996 | Rusche, L.N.; Cruz-Reyes, J.; Piller, K.J.; Sollner-Webb, B. | Purification of a functional enzymatic editing complex from Trypanosoma brucei mitochondria | EMBO J. | 16 | 4069-4081 | 1997 | Trypanosoma brucei | PubMed |  |
| 1997 | Bakalara, N.; Simpson, A.M.; Simpson, L. | The Leishmania kinetoplast-mitochondrion contains terminal uridylyltransferase and RNA ligase activities | J. Biol. Chem. | 264 | 18679-18686 | 1989 | Leishmania tarentolae | PubMed |  |
| 1998 | Juodka, B.; Labeikyte, D. | Inhibition of the first stage of RNA ligase reaction by ATP analogues | Nucleosides Nucleotides | 10 | 367-370 | 1991 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | - |  |
| 1999 | Pick, L.; Furneaux, H.M.; Hurwitz, J. | Purification and characterization of wheat germ RNA ligase and associated activities | Methods Enzymol. | 181 | 480-499 | 1990 | Triticum aestivum | PubMed |  |
| 2000 | Harada, K.; Orgel, L.E. | In vitro selection of optimal substrates for T4 RNA ligase | Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA | 90 | 1576-1579 | 1993 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 2001 | Iuoda, B.A.; Labeikite, D.; Sasnauskene, S.I. | Substrate specificity of T4 RNA-ligase: the role of a purine nucleotide base in forming a covalent AMP-RNA ligase complex | Biokhimiia | 58 | 857-865 | 1993 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 649963 | Bergman, N.H.; Johnston, W.K.; Bartel, D.P. | Kinetic framework for ligation by an efficient RNA ligase ribozyme | Biochemistry | 39 | 3115-3123 | 2000 | synthetic construct | PubMed |  |
| 650172 | Glasner, M.E.; Bergman, N.H.; Bartel, D.P. | Metal ion requirements for structure and catalysis of an RNA ligase ribozyme | Biochemistry | 41 | 8103-8112 | 2002 | synthetic construct | PubMed |  |
| 650653 | Wang, Q.S.; Unrau, P.J. | Purification of histidine-tagged T4 RNA ligase from E. coli | Biotechniques | 33 | 1256-1260 | 2002 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 650982 | Huang, C.E.; Cruz-Reyes, J.; Zhelonkina, A.G.; O'Hearn, S.; Wirtz, E.; Sollner-Webb, B. | Roles for ligases in the RNA editing complex of Trypanosoma brucei: band IV is needed for U-deletion and RNA repair | EMBO J. | 20 | 4694-4703 | 2001 | Trypanosoma brucei | PubMed |  |
| 651051 | Atencia, E.A.; Madrid, O.; Gunther Sillero, M.A.; Sillero, A. | T4 RNA ligase catalyzes the synthesis of dinucleoside polyphosphates | Eur. J. Biochem. | 261 | 802-811 | 1999 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 651061 | Atencia, E.A.; Montes, M.; Gunther Sillero, M.A.; Sillero, A. | Several dinucleoside polyphosphates are acceptor substrates in the T4 RNA ligase catalyzed reaction | Eur. J. Biochem. | 267 | 1707-1714 | 2000 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 651858 | Piller, K.J.; Rusche, L.N.; Sollner-Webb, B. | Trypanosoma brucei RNA editing. A full round of uridylate insertional editing in vitro mediated by endonuclease and RNA ligase | J. Biol. Chem. | 271 | 4613-4619 | 1996 | Trypanosoma brucei | PubMed |  |
| 652246 | Cherepanov, A.V.; de Vries, S. | Kinetic mechanism of the Mg2+-dependent nucleotidyl transfer catalyzed by T4 DNA and RNA ligases | J. Biol. Chem. | 277 | 1695-1704 | 2002 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 652387 | Yin, S.; Ho, C.K.; Shuman, S. | Structure-function analysis of T4 RNA ligase 2 | J. Biol. Chem. | 278 | 17601-17608 | 2003 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 652429 | Wang, L.K.; Ho, C.K.; Pei, Y.; Shuman, S. | Mutational analysis of bacteriophage T4 RNA ligase 1. Different functional groups are required for the nucleotidyl transfer and phosphodiester bond formation steps of the ligation reaction | J. Biol. Chem. | 278 | 29454-29462 | 2003 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 653217 | Cruz-Reyes, J.; Zhelonkina, A.G.; Huang, C.E.; Sollner-Webb, B. | Distinct functions of two RNA ligases in active Trypanosoma brucei RNA editing complexes | Mol. Cell. Biol. | 22 | 4652-4660 | 2002 | Trypanosoma brucei | PubMed |  |
| 653234 | Nishigaki, K.; Taguchi, K.; Kinoshita, Y.; Aita, T.; Husimi, Y. | Y-ligation: an efficient method for ligating single-stranded DNAs and RNAs with T4 RNA ligase | Mol. Divers. | 4 | 187-190 | 1998 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 653368 | Ekland, E.H.; Bartel, D.P. | The secondary structure and sequence optimization of an RNA ligase ribozyme | Nucleic Acids Res. | 23 | 3231-3238 | 1995 | synthetic construct | PubMed |  |
| 653369 | Wang, L.; Ruffner, D.E. | Oligoribonucleotide circularization by 'template-mediated' ligation with T4 RNA ligase: synthesis of circular hammerhead ribozymes | Nucleic Acids Res. | 26 | 2502-2504 | 1998 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 653392 | Blondal, T.; Hjorleifsdottir, S.H.; Fridjonsson, O.F.; Aevarsson, A.; Skirnisdottir, S.; Hermannsdottir, A.G.; Hreggvidsson, G.O.; Smith, A.V.; Kristjansson, J.K. | Discovery and characterization of a thermostable bacteriophage RNA ligase homologous to T4 RNA ligase 1 | Nucleic Acids Res. | 31 | 7247-7254 | 2003 | Rhodothermus phage RM378 | PubMed |  |
| 653679 | Ho, C.K.; Shuman, S. | Bacteriophage T4 RNA ligase 2 (gp24.1) exemplifies a family of RNA ligases found in all phylogenetic domains | Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA | 99 | 12709-12714 | 2002 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 653869 | McManus, M.T.; Shimamura, M.; Grams, J.; Hajduk, S.L. | Identification of candidate mitochondrial RNA editing ligases from Trypanosoma brucei | RNA | 7 | 167-175 | 2001 | Trypanosoma brucei | PubMed |  |
| 653882 | Ekland, E.H.; Szostak, J.W.; Bartel, D.P. | Structurally complex and highly active RNA ligases derived from random RNA sequences | Science | 269 | 364-370 | 1995 | synthetic construct | PubMed |  |
| 653889 | Schnaufer, A.; Panigrahi, A.K.; Panicucci, B.; Igo, R.P., Jr.; Wirtz, E.; Salavati, R.; Stuart, K. | An RNA ligase essential for RNA editing and survival of the bloodstream form of Trypanosoma brucei | Science | 291 | 2159-2162 | 2001 | Trypanosoma brucei | PubMed |  |
| 653915 | Ho, C.K.; Wang, L.K.; Lima, C.D.; Shuman, S. | Structure and mechanism of RNA ligase | Structure | 12 | 327-339 | 2004 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 654015 | Yin, S.; Kiong Ho, C.; Miller, E.S.; Shuman, S. | Characterization of bacteriophage KVP40 and T4 RNA ligase 2 | Virology | 319 | 141-151 | 2004 | Enterobacteria phage T4, Vibrio phage KVP40 | PubMed |  |
| 662241 | Nandakumar, J.; Ho, C.K.; Lima, C.D.; Shuman, S. | RNA substrate specificity and structure-guided mutational analysis of bacteriophage T4 RNA ligase 2 | J. Biol. Chem. | 279 | 31337-31347 | 2004 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 662304 | Martins, A.; Shuman, S. | An RNA ligase from Deinococcus radiodurans | J. Biol. Chem. | 279 | 50654-50661 | 2004 | Deinococcus radiodurans | PubMed |  |
| 662636 | Deng, J.; Schnaufer, A.; Salavati, R.; Stuart, K.D.; Hol, W.G. | High resolution crystal structure of a key editosome enzyme from Trypanosoma brucei:RNA editing ligase 1 | J. Mol. Biol. | 343 | 601-613 | 2004 | Trypanosoma brucei | PubMed |  |
| 662976 | Blondal, T.; Thorisdottir, A.; Unnsteinsdottir, U.; Hjorleifsdottir, S.; Aevarsson, A.; Ernstsson, S.; Fridjonsson, O.H.; Skirnisdottir, S.; Wheat, J.O.; Hermannsdottir, A.G.; Sigurdsson, S.T.; Hreggvidsson, G.O.; Smith, A.V.; Kristjansson, J.K. | Isolation and characterization of a thermostable RNA ligase 1 from a Thermus scotoductus bacteriophage TS2126 with good single-stranded DNA ligation properties | Nucleic Acids Res. | 33 | 135-142 | 2005 | Phage TS2126 | PubMed |  |
| 663245 | Gao, G.; Simpson, A.M.; Kang, X.; Rogers, K.; Nebohacova, M.; Li, F.; Simpson, L. | Functional complementation of Trypanosoma brucei RNA in vitro editing with recombinant RNA ligase | Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA | 102 | 4712-4717 | 2005 | Leishmania tarentolae, Trypanosoma brucei | PubMed |  |
| 672949 | Nandakumar, J.; Shuman, S.; Lima, C.D. | RNA ligase structures reveal the basis for RNA specificity and conformational changes that drive ligation forward | Cell | 127 | 71-84 | 2006 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 673669 | Sillero, M.A.; de Diego, A.; Silles, E.; Perez-Zuniga, F.; Sillero, A. | Synthesis of bisphosphonate derivatives of ATP by T4 RNA ligase | FEBS Lett. | 580 | 5723-5727 | 2006 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 674568 | El Omari, K.; Ren, J.; Bird, L.E.; Bona, M.K.; Klarmann, G.; LeGrice, S.F.; Stammers, D.K. | Molecular architecture and ligand recognition determinants for T4 RNA ligase | J. Biol. Chem. | 281 | 1573-1579 | 2006 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 676215 | Wang, L.K.; Schwer, B.; Englert, M.; Beier, H.; Shuman, S. | Structure-function analysis of the kinase-CPD domain of yeast tRNA ligase (Trl1) and requirements for complementation of tRNA splicing by a plant Trl1 homolog | Nucleic Acids Res. | 34 | 517-527 | 2006 | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | PubMed |  |
| 676230 | Raymond, A.; Shuman, S. | Deinococcus radiodurans RNA ligase exemplifies a novel ligase clade with a distinctive N-terminal module that is important for 5-PO4 nick sealing and ligase adenylylation but dispensable for phosphodiester formation at an adenylylated nick | Nucleic Acids Res. | 35 | 839-849 | 2007 | Deinococcus radiodurans | PubMed |  |
| 677096 | Stark, M.R.; Pleiss, J.A.; Deras, M.; Scaringe, S.A.; Rader, S.D. | An RNA ligase-mediated method for the efficient creation of large, synthetic RNAs | RNA | 12 | 2014-2019 | 2006 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 677101 | Wang, L.K.; Nandakumar, J.; Schwer, B.; Shuman, S. | The C-terminal domain of T4 RNA ligase 1 confers specificity for tRNA repair | RNA | 13 | 1235-1244 | 2007 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 677128 | Robertson, M.P.; Scott, W.G. | The structural basis of ribozyme-catalyzed RNA assembly | Science | 315 | 1549-1553 | 2007 | Enterobacteria phage L1 | PubMed |  |
| 694311 | Vicens, Q.; Cech, T.R. | A natural ribozyme with 3,5 RNA ligase activity | Nat. Chem. Biol. | 5 | 97-99 | 2009 | Anabaena sp. | PubMed |  |
| 694452 | Torchia, C.; Takagi, Y.; Ho, C.K. | Archaeal RNA ligase is a homodimeric protein that catalyzes intramolecular ligation of single-stranded RNA and DNA | Nucleic Acids Res. | 36 | 6218-6227 | 2008 | Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus | PubMed |  |
| 694461 | Nelissen, F.H.; van Gammeren, A.J.; Tessari, M.; Girard, F.C.; Heus, H.A.; Wijmenga, S.S. | Multiple segmental and selective isotope labeling of large RNA for NMR structural studies | Nucleic Acids Res. | 36 | e89 | 2008 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 694881 | Amaro, R.E.; Schnaufer, A.; Interthal, H.; Hol, W.; Stuart, K.D.; McCammon, J.A. | Discovery of drug-like inhibitors of an essential RNA-editing ligase in Trypanosoma brucei | Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA | 105 | 17278-17283 | 2008 | Trypanosoma brucei | PubMed |  |
| 707449 | Sillero, M.A.; de Diego, A.; Tavares, J.E.; Silva, J.A.; Perez-Zuniga, F.J.; Sillero, A. | Synthesis of ATP derivatives of compounds of the mevalonate pathway (isopentenyl di- and triphosphate; geranyl di- and triphosphate, farnesyl di- and triphosphate, and dimethylallyl diphosphate) catalyzed by T4 RNA ligase, T4 DNA ligase and other ligases | Biochem. Pharmacol. | 78 | 335-343 | 2009 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 708449 | Swift, R.V.; Amaro, R.E. | Discovery and design of DNA and RNA ligase inhibitors in infectious microorganisms | Expert Opin. Drug Discov. | 4 | 1281-1294 | 2009 | Trypanosoma brucei | PubMed |  |
| 713745 | Park, K.; Choi, B.R.; Kim, Y.S.; Shin, S.; Hah, S.S.; Jung, W.; Oh, S.; Kim, D.E. | Detection of single-base mutation in RNA using T4 RNA ligase-based nick-joining or DNAzyme-based nick-generation | Anal. Biochem. | 414 | 303-305 | 2011 | Enterobacteria phage T4 | PubMed |  |
| 714026 | Makino, S.; Sawasaki, T.; Endo, Y.; Takai, K. | In vitro dissection revealed that the kinase domain of wheat RNA ligase is physically isolatable from the flanking domains as a non-overlapping domain enzyme | Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. | 397 | 762-766 | 2010 | Triticum aestivum | PubMed |  |
| 714046 | Makino, S.; Sawasaki, T.; Endo, Y.; Takai, K. | Use of domain enzymes from wheat RNA ligase for in vitro preparation of RNA molecules | Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. | 404 | 1050-1054 | 2011 | Triticum aestivum | PubMed |  |
| 716670 | Durrant, J.D.; Hall, L.; Swift, R.V.; Landon, M.; Schnaufer, A.; Amaro, R.E. | Novel naphthalene-based inhibitors of Trypanosoma brucei RNA editing ligase 1 | PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis. | 4 | e803 | 2010 | Trypanosoma brucei | PubMed |  |
| 716756 | Englert, M.; Sheppard, K.; Gundllapalli, S.; Beier, H.; Soell, D. | Branchiostoma floridae has separate healing and sealing enzymes for 5'-phosphate RNA ligation | Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA | 107 | 16834-16839 | 2010 | Branchiostoma floridae | PubMed |  |