oxidative deamination
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ox·i·da·tive de·am·i·na·tion
deamination by enzymes that uses flavin or pyridine nucleotides (such as FAD or NAD+).
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oxidative deamination
a deamination that also involves an oxidation, for example, an alpha amino acid to an alpha keto acid.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005