To undergo or cause the removal of amide groups from a chemical compound, particularly proteins.
From de- + amidize (to introduce amide groups reversed). The -ize suffix indicates a process or transformation. This verb form emerged alongside deamidation in twentieth-century biochemistry.
Enzymes in your stomach naturally deamidize certain proteins as part of digestion—it's one of many chemical transformations that turn your meatloaf into amino acids your body can actually use.
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