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Noun: ADA
  1. An enzyme found in mammals that can catalyse 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"
    - adenosine deaminase

Type of: enzyme

Encyclopedia: ADA