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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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

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  • noun An enzyme that removes an amino group from a molecule.

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