autohydrolysis
English
editEtymology
editFrom auto- + hydrolysis.
Noun
editautohydrolysis (uncountable)
- (chemistry) hydrolysis using water alone (often at high temperatures)
- (biochemistry) hydrolysis of a peptide or enzyme catalyzed 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[1], :
- FlhB undergoes asparagine-mediated autohydrolysis at N269-P270 [12 ,13 ].