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autohydrolysis en · NOUN

Etymology

From auto- + hydrolysis.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) hydrolysis using water alone (often at high temperatures)
  2. (uncountable) hydrolysis of a peptide or enzyme catalyzed by itself
    • FlhB undergoes asparagine-mediated autohydrolysis at N269-P270 [12 ,13 ]. 2015 August 6, “Weak Interactions between Salmonella enterica FlhB and Other Flagellar Export Apparatus Proteins Govern Type III Secretion Dynamics”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: