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deaminate

[ dee-am-uh-neyt ]

verb (used with object)

Chemistry.
deaminated, deaminating.
  1. to remove the amino group from (a compound).

deaminate

/ 徱ːˈæɪˌԱɪ /

verb

  1. tr to remove one or more amino groups from (a molecule)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈԲپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·i·ԲtDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of deaminate1

First recorded in 1910–15; de- + aminate
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Example Sentences

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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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