1. having undergone deamination; stripped of an amino group
Usage: biochemistry; technical

1. past tense and past participle of deaminate; to remove an amino group from a molecule, especially a protein or nucleic acid
Usage: biochemistry; technical

Examples

• The enzyme deaminated the amino acid, converting it into a different compound.
• Deaminated proteins can lose their biological function.
• The cytosine was deaminated to uracil during the chemical reaction.
• Deaminated nucleotides are often recognized and repaired by cellular mechanisms.
• The researchers deaminated the sample to study the resulting molecular changes.