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Deamination vs Deimination - What's the difference?

deamination | deimination |

As nouns the difference between deamination and deimination

is that deamination is the removal of an amino group from a compound while deimination is the removal or conversion of an imine group; especially the post-translational modification of the amino acid arginine in a protein into the amino acid citrulline.

deamination

English

Noun

(wikipedia deamination) (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) The removal of an amino group from a compound
  • deimination

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia deimination) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry, genetics) The removal or conversion of an imine group; especially the post-translational modification of the amino acid arginine in a protein into the amino acid citrulline
  • Synonyms

    *citrullination