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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Aminohydrolases > Nucleoside Deaminases > Cytidine Deaminase > APOBEC Deaminases

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APOBEC Deaminases  

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Entry terms

  • AID APOBEC Deaminases
  • AID-APOBEC Deaminases
  • APOBEC Enzymes
  • APOBEC Family Proteins
  • Apolipoprotein B mRNA Editing Enzyme, Catalytic Polypeptides
  • Deaminases, AID-APOBEC

Scope note

  • A family of conserved cytidine deaminases that catalyze the DEAMINATION of CYTIDINE to URIDINE. They are characterized by N and C-terminal zinc-dependent catalytic domains and have important functions in RNA EDITING; EPIGENTIC PROCESSES; and the INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE against viruses.

History note

  • 2017

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000071478

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