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deamidation

deamidation noun: the conversion of glutamine, asparagine, glutamine residues in a polypeptide to glutamic acid or aspartic acid by treatment with strong acid, transamidase or deamidase.

Noun

deamidation (countable and uncountable, plural deamidations)

  1. The conversion of glutamine, asparagine, glutamine residues in a polypeptide to glutamic acid or aspartic acid by treatment with strong acid, transamidase or deamidase.
  2. Conversion of an amide to a carboxylic acid.

Forms of deamidation

pluraldeamidations

Origin of deamidation

From de- + amidation.

Questions about deamidation

What does deamidation mean?
Deamidation means the conversion of glutamine, asparagine, glutamine residues in a polypeptide to glutamic acid or aspartic acid by treatment with strong acid, transamidase or deamidase.
What part of speech is deamidation?
Deamidation is a noun.
What is the plural of deamidation?
The plural of deamidation is deamidations.

Words near deamidation in the dictionary

  1. deamidases
  2. deamidate
  3. deamidated
  4. deamidates
  5. deamidating
  6. deamidation
  7. deamidations
  8. deamidative
  9. deamidization
  10. deamidize
  11. deamidized

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