hydrolytic
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of hydrolytic
Example Sentences
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The person’s immune system would not be able to destroy foreign pathogen due to lack of hydrolytic enzymes.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Many organelles are bound by membranes composed of phospholipid bilayers embedded with proteins to compartmentalize functions such as the storage of hydrolytic enzymes and the synthesis of proteins.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
If these proteins are hydrolytic enzymes, they can be stored in lysosomes.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Figure 13.14 The stages of phagocytosis include the engulfment of a food particle, the digestion of the particle using hydrolytic enzymes contained within a lysosome, and the expulsion of undigested material from the cell.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
It was, therefore, not improbable that profound hydrolytic changes should occur in the cellulose molecule when kept for prolonged periods as alkali-cellulose.
From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.
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