deaminate

[dee-am-uh-neyt]

verb (used with object)

Chemistry.

deaminated, deaminating 

1. to remove the amino group from (a compound).

deaminate

/ diːˈæmɪˌneɪt /

verb

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

Other Word Forms

• deamination noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of deaminate¹

First recorded in 1910–15; de- + aminate

Example Sentences

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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