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