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Hydrolysis vs Acetylesterase - What's the difference?

hydrolysis | acetylesterase |

As nouns the difference between hydrolysis and acetylesterase

is that hydrolysis is (chemistry) a chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water while acetylesterase is (enzyme) any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an acetate ester.

hydrolysis

English

Noun

(hydrolyses)
  • (chemistry) A chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.
  • (biochemistry) The degradation of certain biopolymers (proteins, complex sugars) by the chemical process that results in smaller polymers or monomers (such as amino acids or monosaccharides)

    • Related terms

    * hydrolyze

    acetylesterase

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia acetylesterase) (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an acetate ester