Medical term:

deaminase

[de-am´ĭ-nās]

an enzyme causing deamination (removal of the amine group from a compound); enzymes are named according to substrate, such as adenosine deaminase, cytidine deaminase, guanine deaminase, etc.

de·am·i·nase

(dē-am'ĭ-nās),

Any enzyme that removes an amino group from a compound.

[de- + amino + -ase]

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deaminase

(dē-ăm′ə-nās′, -nāz′)

Any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the removal, usually by hydrolysis, of the amino group NH₂ from an amino compound.

deaminase

An ENZYME that brings about the breakdown of amino compounds.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

de·am·i·nas·es

(dē-am'i-nā-sĕz),

Enzymes catalyzing simple hydrolysis of C-NH₂ bonds of purines, pyrimidines, and pterins, thus producing ammonia (usually named in terms of the substrate, for example, guanine deaminases, adenosine deaminases, AMP deaminases, pterin deaminases); not generally used for deamination of noncyclic amides. Deaminases are distinguished from ammonia-lyases in that the latter produce an unsaturation at the point of NH₃ removal.

Synonym(s): deaminating enzymes

de·am·i·nas·es

(dē-am'i-nā-sĕz)

[EC group 3.5.4] Enzymes catalyzing simple hydrolysis of C-NH₂ bonds of purines, pyrimidines, and pterins.
Synonym(s): deaminating enzymes.

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