Amino acids can be metabolized by these substances that remove an amine group. What is this substance?
A) Amino acidase
B) Amylase
C) Deaminase
D) Decarboxylase

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Deaminase is an enzyme that removes the amine group from amino acids during metabolism, leaving behind the corresponding organic acid. Amino acidase breaks down amino acids by removing the amino group, but it is not necessarily the primary enzyme involved in amino acid metabolism. Amylase is an enzyme that breaks down starch, not amino acids. Decarboxylase is an enzyme that removes a carboxyl group, not an amine group, from amino acids or other organic molecules.

Amino Acids Can Be Metabolized by These Substances That Remove