Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Transfer of an amino group from one chemical compound to another.
- noun Transposition of an amino group within a chemical compound.
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- noun biochemistry the
transfer of anamino group from anamino acid to anothermolecule
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- noun the process of transfering an amino group from one compound to another
- noun the process of transposing an amino group within a chemical compound
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Examples
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This is done through a process called transamination, which is the transfer of amino groups into other amino acids.
Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010
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This is done through a process called transamination, which is the transfer of amino groups into other amino acids.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Nutrition 2010
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In each of the 19 pathways for the generation of chiral amino acids, the stereochemistry at the α-carbon atom is established by a transamination reaction that involves pyridoxal phosphate.
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This increase is probably attributable to the transamination of pyruvate formed by oxidation of the lactic acid produced in the fermentation.
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It is thought that the antiepileptic activity of VPA results from a combination of its influence on a number of targets in the central nervous system including inhibition of GABA transamination, reduction of NMDA-mediated neuronal excitation, inhibition of histone deacetylases (HDACs) and glycogen synthase kinase (GSK) -3, and blockade of voltage-gated sodium and T-type calcium channels
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Pramod K. Dash et al. 2010
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It is involved in many reactions, primarily transamination.
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The metabolite accumulating in ssadh plants which is linked to the production of ROIs might thus be produced downstream of the GABA-T transamination step.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Frank Ludewig et al. 2008
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The metabolite accumulating in ssadh plants which is linked to the production of ROIs might thus be produced downstream of the GABA-T transamination step.
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Adaptations enzymic capacity photoperiodic (malic acid metabolism transamination)
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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The metabolite accumulating in ssadh plants which is linked to the production of ROIs might thus be produced downstream of the GABA-T transamination step.
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