adenosine deaminase

Noun

Meaning

an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

ADA

Hypernyms

enzyme

Examples

ADA deficiency can lead to one form of severe combined immunodeficiency disease Source: Internet

the gene encoding ADA was one of the earlier human genes to be isolated and cloned for study Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

adenosine 5'-monophosphate adenosine 5'-phosphate adenosine 5'-triphosphate adenosine diphosphatase adenosine diphosphate adenosine diphosphate ribose