Definition of deamination in English:
deamination
noun dɪˈamɪneɪʃ(ə)ndēˌamiˈnāSHən
mass nounBiochemistry The removal of an amino group from an amino acid or other compound.
Example sentencesExamples
- The spontaneous deamination of cytosine is a frequent event.
- The liver, influenced by protein intake and anabolic need, makes urea from deamination of amino acids in the Krebs urea cycle.
- DNA bases are susceptible to hydrolytic deamination, although deamination is much less frequent in double-stranded compared to single-stranded DNA.
- Aspartate can also be formed by deamination of asparagine catalyzed by asparaginase.
- The earliest enzymatic functions are mostly linked to amino acid catabolism: deamination, transamination, and decarboxylation.
Derivatives
adjective
Biochemistry The deaminated H3-metabolites of tyramine were isolated and identified in different regions of the brain.
Example sentencesExamples
- Among the deaminated bases, uracil, hypoxanthine and Xan are repaired by the base excision repair pathway in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
- As a result, the deaminated product, urocanate, is not the usual a-keto acid associated with loss of a-amino nitrogens.
- The remains of the deaminated amino acids are converted into glucose in the liver.
- Other members of the Solanaceae synthesize branched-chain fatty acids and in each of these cases, the primer for the extension of the alkane is proposed to be a deaminated branched-chain amino acid.