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HYDROLYSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrolyse mean? 

HYDROLYSE (verb)
  The verb HYDROLYSE has 1 sense:

1. undergo hydrolysis; decompose by reacting with waterplay

  Familiarity information: HYDROLYSE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HYDROLYSE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they hydrolyse  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it hydrolyses  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: hydrolysed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: hydrolysed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: hydrolysing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Undergo hydrolysis; decompose by reacting with water

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

hydrolyse; hydrolyze

Hypernyms (to "hydrolyse" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s


 Context examples 


Fosinopril sodium is an ester prodrug that is hydrolysed by esterases to its active metabolite fosinoprilat.

(Fosinopril Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

In the body lovastatin is hydrolysed to its beta-hydroxy acid active form.

(Lovastatin Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

As an ester prodrug, fosinopril is hydrolysed by esterases to its active metabolite fosinoprilat.

(Fosinopril, NCI Thesaurus)

Endoribonuclease Genes encode hydrolytic Endoribonucleases that hydrolyse internal ribonucleotide bonds of polynucleotides to yield oligonucleotides.

(Endoribonuclease Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A hydrolase enzyme which makes oligonucleotides and polynucleotides by hydrolysing the interior bonds of ribonucleotides.

(Endoribonuclease, NCI Thesaurus)

Dual-specificity protein phosphatases are a subclass of protein tyrosine phosphatases that are uniquely able to hydrolyse the phosphate ester bond on both a tyrosine and a threonine or serine residue on the same protein.

(Dual-Specificity Phosphoprotein Phosphatase, NCI Thesaurus)



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