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Hydrolysis vs Diphosphatase - What's the difference?

hydrolysis | diphosphatase |

As nouns the difference between hydrolysis and diphosphatase

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 diphosphatase is (enzyme|especially in combination) any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of the diphosphate of a specific nucleotide or other biochemical compound.

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

    diphosphatase

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme, especially in combination) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of the diphosphate of a specific nucleotide or other biochemical compound

    • Derived terms

    * adenosine diphosphatase * fructose diphosphatase * inosine diphosphatase