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Noun: ADA
  1. An enzyme found in mammals that can catalyse the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
    "the gene encoding ADA was one of the earlier human genes to be isolated and cloned for study"; "ADA deficiency can lead to one form of severe combined immunodeficiency disease";
    - adenosine deaminase

Type of: enzyme

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