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In biochemistry, a ligase is an enzyme that can catalyze the joining of two large molecules by forming a new chemical bond, usually with accompanying hydrolysis of a small pendant chemical group on one of the larger molecules or the enzyme catalyzing the linking together of two compounds, e.g., enzymes that catalyze joining of C-O, C-S, C-N, etc.
Restriction enzymes are enzymes that can cut DNA. You can think of restriction enzymes as molecular scissors. DNA ligase is an enzyme that can join two DNA molecules. You can think of DNA ligase as molecular glue. DNA ligase joins two DNA molecules together by forming a phosphodiester bond between the two molecules.