hydrolasen.
/ˈhʌɪdrəleɪz/, /ˈhʌɪdrəleɪs/, U.S. /ˈhaɪdə(r)əˌleɪs/, /ˈhaɪdə(r)əˌleɪz/ Biochemistry.
Any enzyme which catalyses the hydrolysis of a substrate.
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1922 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 122 i. 1077 Ferments are divided into three groups..namely hydratases..; hydrolases producing esterification or hydrolysis; and oxydo~reductases.
1955 J. B. Neilands & P. K. Stumpf Outl. Enzyme Chem. xvi. 188 Lipases and phosphatases, being hydrolytic enzymes, logically fall into the group of hydrolases.
1970 W. H. Fishman Metabolic Conjugation & Metabolic Hydrolysis 373 The demonstration of the existence of latent hydrolases in the tadpole tail.
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