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Imine vs Deimination - What's the difference?

imine | deimination |

As nouns the difference between imine and deimination

is that imine is (organic chemistry) any of a class of organic nitrogen compounds having the general formula r2c=nr; they are tautomeric with enamines while deimination is (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.

imine

English

(wikipedia imine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic nitrogen compounds having the general formula R2C=NR; they are tautomeric with enamines.

    • Synonyms

    *Schiff base

    Derived terms

    *aldimine *ketimine

    See also

    *anil

    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