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deamination

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de·am·i·nate  (d-m-nt)
tr.v. de·am·i·nat·ed, de·am·i·nat·ing, de·am·i·nates
To remove an amino group, NH2, from (an organic compound).

de·ami·nation n.
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Noun1.deamination - removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound
chemical action, chemical change, chemical process - (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved

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16) Inosine monophosphate, a product of adenosine monophosphate deamination, is not detectable at rest in people without known pathology or impairments.
Both are cytosine-to-tymine transitions, which easily occur by spontaneous cytosine deamination to uracil.
For other targets, such as Lox, the connections between predictor and target gene were less clear, Lox is an extracellular and intracellular copper-containing enzyme that initiates cross-linking of collagen and elastin by catalyzing oxidative deamination of the epsilon-amino group in certain lysine and hydroxylysine residues of collagens and lysine residues of elastin.
 
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