deaminate

American

[dee-am-uh-neyt] / diˈæm əˌneɪt /

verb (used with object)

Chemistry.

deaminated, deaminating

to remove the amino group from (a compound).

deaminate British

/ diːˈæmɪˌneɪt /

verb

(tr) to remove one or more amino groups from (a molecule)

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Other Word Forms

deamination noun

Etymology

Origin of deaminate

First recorded in 1910–15; de- + aminate

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While the deamination of adenine yields inosine, which is treated as guanine by polymerases, no enzymes are known to deaminate adenine in DNA.

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