HYDROLYSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrolysis mean? 

• HYDROLYSIS (noun)
  The noun HYDROLYSIS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: HYDROLYSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROLYSIS (noun)

Sense 1

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)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes calcium-transporting ATPase type 2C member 2 protein, is involved in the modulation of both ATP hydrolysis and calcium transport.

(ATP2C2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes probable phospholipid-transporting ATPase IB protein, plays a role in the binding and hydrolysis of ATP.

(ATP8A2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in GTP hydrolysis.

(MX2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in ATP hydrolysis.

(ATP-Binding Cassette Sub-Family A Member 5, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes interferon-induced GTP-binding protein Mx2, is involved in both binding and hydrolysis of GTP.

(MX2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in the hydrolysis of cerebroside sulfate.

(Arylsulfatase A, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in sphingolipid-ceramide hydrolysis.

(ASAH2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in both ATP hydrolysis and DNA replication.

(ATPase WRNIP1, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes interferon-induced GTP-binding protein Mx1, is involved in the regulation of apoptosis, hydrolysis of GTP, the modulation of interferon-regulated signaling.

(MX1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in both mitochondrial fusion and GTP hydrolysis.

(Mitofusin-2, NCI Thesaurus)