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Hydrolysis vs Tannase - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between hydrolysis and tannase

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 tannase is (enzyme) any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of tannic acid to gallic acid.

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)

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    * hydrolyze

    tannase

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of tannic acid to gallic acid