Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deamidation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: deami-da-tion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The conversion of glutamine, asparagine, glutamine residues in a polypeptide to glutamic acid or aspartic acid by treatment with strong acid, transamidase or deamidase.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Conversion of an amide to a carboxylic acid.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English amidation English deamidation From de- + amidation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

deamidations (plural)

Questions

What does deamidation mean?: The conversion of glutamine, asparagine, glutamine residues in a polypeptide to glutamic acid or aspartic acid by treatment with strong acid, transamidase or deamidase.
Where does deamidation come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English amidation English deamidation From de- + amidation.

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