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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 an amino group from an amino acid to another molecule

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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Are Stereochemical Explanations Causally Sufficient? 2010

  • This increase is probably attributable to the transamination of pyruvate formed by oxidation of the lactic acid produced in the fermentation.

    12 Cassava Processing in Africa 1992

  • 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

  • It is involved in many reactions, primarily transamination.

    Straight to the Bar - Blogs 2009

  • 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

  • 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 2008

  • Adaptations enzymic capacity photoperiodic (malic acid metabolism transamination)

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • 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 2008

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