deimination

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ imination.

Noun

deimination (plural deiminations)

  1. (biochemistry, genetics) The removal or conversion of an imine group; especially the post-translational modification of the amino acid arginine in a protein into the amino acid citrulline

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