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Hydrolysis vs Chondroitinase - What's the difference?

hydrolysis | chondroitinase |

As nouns the difference between hydrolysis and chondroitinase

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 chondroitinase is (enzyme) any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans.

hydrolysis

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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

    chondroitinase

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans.