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deaminating

deaminating is the present participle and gerund of deaminate.

Meaning of deaminate

Verb

deaminate (third-person singular simple present deaminates, present participle deaminating, simple past and past participle deaminated)

  1. (transitive) To remove an amino group from (a compound), especially by the use of a deaminase enzyme.

Questions about deaminating

What is deaminating the present participle and gerund of?
Deaminating is the present participle and gerund of deaminate.

Words near deaminating in the dictionary

  1. deaminase
  2. deaminases
  3. deaminate
  4. deaminated
  5. deaminates
  6. deaminating
  7. deamination
  8. deaminations
  9. deaminative
  10. deaminise
  11. deaminization

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