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Hydrolysis vs Hexosaminidase - What's the difference?

hydrolysis | hexosaminidase |

As nouns the difference between hydrolysis and hexosaminidase

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 hexosaminidase is (enzyme) any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of terminal hexosamine residues in hexosaminides.

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

    hexosaminidase

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    Noun

    (wikipedia hexosaminidase) (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of terminal hexosamine residues in hexosaminides