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Definition of "deaminase" [deaminase]

  • Any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the removal, usually by hydrolysis, of the amino group NH2 from an amino compound. (noun)

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Use "deaminase" in a sentence
  • "This system is largely responsible for our ability to generate stronger and faster resistance to subsequent infections, and is integral to why vaccines work. 3 recent papers used concepts in evolution to help characterize one of the most interesting and novel immunological genes discovered since the RAGs in the late 80s, a gene called activation induced deaminase AID, pronounced as initials, a gene pivotal to antibody modification."
  • "Thus a deaminase is an enzyme which contains deaminations and oxidase is one which contains oxidizing."
  • "The first approved GM procedure was performed in 1990 when NIH scientists genetically modified white blood cells in Ashanti DeSilva, a four-year-old girl with adenosine deaminase deficiency"