noun

• The transfer of an amino group from one molecule to another, especially from an amino acid to a keto acid.

  ‘Glutamate is also a principal amino donor to other amino acids in subsequent transamination reactions.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The key organic acid, 2-oxoglutarate, is mainly derived from sugar respiration and amino acid transamination reactions.’
  • ‘The earliest enzymatic functions are mostly linked to amino acid catabolism: deamination, transamination, and decarboxylation.’
  • ‘Leucine, isoleucine, and valine are branched essential amino acids that are catabolized to corresponding keto acids through the process of transamination.’
  • ‘Thereafter, most amino acids are generated by transamination reactions.’