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What is Adenosine Deaminase?

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Further Proteins Performing This Function What is ADA deficiency? The function of the adenosine deaminase enzyme is to eliminate a molecule called deoxyadenosine, which is generated when DNA is broken down. Adenosine deaminase converts deoxyadenosine, which is toxic to lymphocytes, to another molecule called deoxyinosine, which is not harmful. https://enzymes1.wixsite.com/website/post/what-are-the-enzymes-and-the-functions https://penzu.com/public/19cbb5fb https://all4webs.com/enzymesbio/home.htm https://enzymes.hatenablog.com/entry/2020/07/01/164532 https://enzymes65589908.wordpress.com/ Deficient and impaired ADA activity final results in the accumulation of metabolic substrates of which adenosine, deoxyadenosine, and dATP are of particular value due to their profound effects on cellular function . Lymphocyte maturation and function is especially affected and, hence, deficiency of ADA leads to a extreme combined immunodeficiency (SCID) . It need to be noted that there is an extrac...