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HYDROLYSIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A chemical reaction in which water reacts with a compound to produce other compounds; involves the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion from the water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("hydrolysis" is a kind of...):

chemical reaction; reaction ((chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others)

Derivation:

hydrolise; hydrolize (make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis)

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 Context examples: 

Mitotic kinesins or microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) are ATP-powered proteins that convert energy into a mechanical force along the microtubule structure following the hydrolysis of ATP, which occurs during microtubule polymerization.

(Mitotic Kinesin Modulator, NCI Thesaurus)

A carbohydrate which cannot be reduced to smaller units by hydrolysis; it is the simplest structural form of a carbohydrate.

(Monosaccharide, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

This allele, which encodes mitofusin-2 protein, plays a role in both GTP hydrolysis and mitochondrial fusion.

(MFN2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in platelet degranulation, ATP hydrolysis and organic anion transport.

(Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein 4, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in acylcholine hydrolysis and the regulation of myeloid cells.

(BCHE Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in GTP hydrolysis, interferon signaling and apoptosis.

(MX1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is oxidase and catalase positive, does not reduce nitrate and is negative for urea and lysine hydrolysis.

(Moraxella oblonga, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is acid fast, nonmotile, catalase and urease positive, negative for 3-day arylsulfatase and Tween 80 hydrolysis, and does not reduce nitrate.

(Mycobacterium gordonae, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine triphosphatase protein, is involved in the hydrolysis of 8-oxo-dGTP in the free nucleotide pool.

(NUDT1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in the hydrolysis of oxidized nucleotides.

(NUDT1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)