请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 deaminase
释义

deaminase

noun

de·​am·​i·​nase (ˌ)dē-ˈa-mi-ˌnās How to pronounce deaminase (audio)
-ˌnāz
: an enzyme that hydrolyzes amino compounds (such as amino acids) with removal of the amino group

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Splitting the enzyme, called a deaminase, into two harmless halves kept it from killing cells. Sharon Begley, STAT, 8 July 2020 Crucially, the mutations that had broken these genes could in principle be fixed with an adenine deaminase that worked on DNA. The Economist, 26 Oct. 2017 The enzyme needed is an adenine deaminase that works on DNA. The Economist, 26 Oct. 2017 Ramus was born with adenosine deaminase deficiency (ADA), a condition also known as bubble boy disease that affects the immune system. Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2017 Creating this second base editor was harder than the first because an equivalent to the cytidine deaminase used by Dr Liu, which would be needed to pull it off, does not exist in nature. The Economist, 26 Oct. 2017 Getting to the point of mutations Base editors borrow from CRISPR's components—guide RNAs (gRNAs) and Cas9 or other nucleases—but don't cut the double helix and instead chemically alter single bases with deaminase enzymes such as TadA and ADAR. Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 25 Oct. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

de- + amino + -ase

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

deaminase

noun

de·​am·​i·​nase (ˈ)dē-ˈam-ə-ˌnās, -ˌnāz How to pronounce deaminase (audio)
variants also desaminase
(ˈ)des- How to pronounce deaminase (audio)
: an enzyme that hydrolyzes amino compounds (as amino acids) with removal of the amino group
随便看

 

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/24 11:41:58