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Deaminate vs Deamidate - What's the difference?

deaminate | deamidate |

As verbs the difference between deaminate and deamidate

is that deaminate is (organic chemistry|biochemistry) to remove an amino group from a compound, especially by the use of a deaminase enzyme while deamidate is (organic chemistry) to remove an amide functional group from a compound.

deaminate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • (organic chemistry, biochemistry) To remove an amino group from a compound, especially by the use of a deaminase enzyme.

    • Related terms

    * deaminated ----

    deamidate

    English

    Verb

    (deamidat)
  • (organic chemistry) To remove an amide functional group from a compound

    • Derived terms

    *deamidation *deamidative

    See also

    *(deamidation)