Definition of Transaminate

1. Verb. Change (an amino group) by transferring it from one compound to another.

Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify

2. Verb. Undergo transfer from one compound to another. "Amino groups can transaminate"
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Change
Derivative terms: Transamination

Definition of Transaminate

1. Verb. (transitive biochemistry) To subject to transamination. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transaminate

transactor
transactors
transacts
transacylase
transacylases
transacylation
transaldolase
transaldolation
transamidation
transamidations
transamidinases
transamidination
transaminase
transaminases
transaminate (current term)
transaminated
transaminates
transaminating
transamination
transaminations
transanimate
transanimated
transanimates
transanimating
transanimation
transanimations
transannular
transannular strain
transannular strains

Literary usage of Transaminate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"... of the spectra of solutions containing pyridoxamine and pyruvate (both at 0.1 M) in the absence of Zn2+. The solutions do not transaminate rapidly at ..."

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