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Verb: transaminate
  1. (chemistry) undergo transfer from one compound to another
    "amino groups can transaminate"
     
  2. Change (an amino group) by transferring it from one compound to another
    "The enzyme transaminated the amino acids"

Derived forms: transaminated, transaminates, transaminating

Type of: alter, change, modify