autohydrolysis

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ hydrolysis

Noun

autohydrolysis (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) hydrolysis using water alone (often at high temperatures)
  2. (biochemistry) hydrolysis of a peptide or enzyme catalysed by itself
    • 2015 August 6, “Weak Interactions between Salmonella enterica FlhB and Other Flagellar Export Apparatus Proteins Govern Type III Secretion Dynamics”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0134884:
      FlhB undergoes asparagine-mediated autohydrolysis at N269-P270 [12 ,13 ].
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