Term Name: ligase activity, forming carbon-nitrogen bonds
Synonyms: other carbon-nitrogen ligase activity
Definition: Catalysis of the joining of two molecules, or two groups within a single molecule, via a carbon-nitrogen bond, with the concomitant hydrolysis of the diphosphate bond in ATP or a similar triphosphate.
Ontology: GO: Molecular Function [GO:0016879]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: ligase activity
has subtype: 5-(carboxyamino)imidazole ribonucleotide synthase activity acid-amino acid ligase activity acid-ammonia (or amide) ligase activity adenylosuccinate synthase activity argininosuccinate synthase activity beta-alanyl amine synthase activity biotin carboxylase activity biotin--[biotin carboxyl-carrier protein] ligase activity carbamoyl-phosphate synthase (ammonia) activity carbon-nitrogen ligase activity, with glutamine as amido-N-donor citrate-L-glutamate ligase activity CTP synthase activity cyclo-ligase activity formate-dihydrofolate ligase activity formate-tetrahydrofolate ligase activity glutamate-methylamine ligase activity GMP synthase activity imidazoleacetate-phosphoribosyldiphosphate ligase activity indole-3-acetyl-glycine synthetase activity indole-3-acetyl-isoleucine synthetase activity indole-3-acetyl-methionine synthetase activity lipoate-protein ligase activity N-acetyl-L-aspartate-L-glutamate ligase activity nicotinate phosphoribosyltransferase activity phosphoribosylamine-glycine ligase activity ribose-5-phosphate-ammonia ligase activity tRNA(Ile)-lysidine synthase activity urea carboxylase activity