Description
RNA ligase that mediates the joining of broken tRNA-like st-loop structures in case of tRNA damage. Probably participates to tRNA restriction-repair by ligating broken tRNA-like st-loop structures with 2',3'-cyclic phosphate and 5'-OH ends to form a splice junction with a 2'-OH, 3',5'-phosphodiester, a step that requires GTP. Also acts as a DNA ligase in case of DNA damage by splicing 'dirty' DNA breaks, characterized by 3'-PO4 (or cyclic-PO4) and 5'-OH ends that cannot be sealed by classical DNA ligases