blunt-end ligation in presence of high concentrations of macromolecular solutes, inactive in absence, e.g. polyethylene glycol 6000, bovine plasma albumin, or Ficoll 70
blunt-end ligation are linear oligomers. Optimal concentration: caldopentamine, 0.05 mM, thermine, 0.1-0.2 mM, spermine, 0.2 mM, thermospermine, 0.4 mM, sperminediol, 0.75 mM
in presence of high molecular weight polyethylene glycol 20000, 6000 or 1000, 8-28%, the enzyme catalyzes blunt-end intermolecular joining to yield linear oligomers, but no circular DNA forms. In presence of low molecular polyethylene glycols 400, 200, 8-80%, or the monomer ethylene glycol, 16-80%, the circular forms formed by intramolecular ligation are also detected
when incubated with linear double stranded DNA with 3' four-nucleotide overhangs and ATP, RecA greatly accelerates the end-joining to form multimers of the double stranded DNA catalyzed by NAD-dependent Escherichia coli DNA ligase
activation by KCl is observed at (NH4)2SO4 concentrations below 30 mM, in the absence of (NH4)2SO4 ligase activity is activated by KCl over 0-100 mM, and at 100 mM KCl, further activation occurs at up to 12 mM (NH4)2SO4