deaminase

[dee-am-uh-neys, -neyz]

noun Biochemistry.

an enzyme that releases the amino group from a compound.

Origin of deaminase

First recorded in 1915–20; de- + amin(o)- + -ase

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deaminase in Medicine

deaminase

[dē-ăm′ĭ-nās′]

n.

Any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of compounds containing an amino group.deaminating enzyme

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