Usually means: Remove an amine group chemically.
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  1. deaminate: Merriam-Webster
  2. deaminate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. deaminate: Collins English Dictionary
  4. deaminate: Vocabulary.com
  5. deaminate: Wiktionary
  6. deaminate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. deaminate: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. deaminate: Dictionary.com
  9. Deaminate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. deaminate: Rhymezone
  11. deaminate: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. deaminate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. deaminate: Medical dictionary

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▸ verb:  (organic chemistry, biochemistry, transitive) To remove an amino group from (a compound), especially by the use of a deaminase enzyme.

Similar:
depeptidize, deproteinise, deproteinize, deadenylate, deadenosylate, deproteinate, demalonylate, deactivate, depurinize, deglycylate, more...

Opposite:
aminated, amination

Types:
remove coating, strip, uncoat, denude, more...

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Similar:
depeptidize, deproteinise, deproteinize, deadenylate, deadenosylate, deproteinate, demalonylate, deactivate, depurinize, deglycylate, more...

Opposite:
aminated, amination

Types:
remove coating, strip, uncoat, denude, more...



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