hydrolytic

American

[hahy-druh-lit-ik] / ˌhaɪ drəˈlɪt ɪk /

adjective

producing, noting, or resulting in hydrolysis.

hydrolytic British

/ ˌhaɪdrəˈlɪtɪk /

adjective

of, concerned with, producing, or produced by hydrolysis

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Etymology

Origin of hydrolytic

First recorded in 1870–75; hydro- ¹ + -lytic

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The person’s immune system would not be able to destroy foreign pathogen due to lack of hydrolytic enzymes.

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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.

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If these proteins are hydrolytic enzymes, they can be stored in lysosomes.

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Lysosomes also use their hydrolytic enzymes to destroy disease-causing organisms that might enter the cell.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013

In the lower qualities we have examples of the result of hydrolytic decomposition by enzymes, the free acidity often amounting to 70 per cent.

From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. Simmons

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