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  • verb organic chemistry To remove an amide functional group from a compound

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de- +‎ amidate

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  • This can be engineered in living cells by increasing the pH inside the cells artificially, which causes the Bcl-xL to deamidate so that the cells undergo apoptosis.

    innovations-report 2009

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