adenosine deaminase

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adenosine deaminase - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  adenosine deaminase
      n 1: an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the
           deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia; "ADA
           deficiency can lead to one form of severe combined
           immunodeficiency disease"; "the gene encoding ADA was one
           of the earlier human genes to be isolated and cloned for
           study" [syn: adenosine deaminase, ADA]