NEET BIOLOGY

CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION

BIO MOLECULES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The term “hydrolysis” literally means ____
A
to cut with water
B
to eat water
C
to combine with water
D
to cut with lemons
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -To hydrolyze a bond is to break it apart with water. From the Greek words hydro and lysis, or “water break”, hydrolyze is literally just that. Water (or H2O) breaks into two parts: a positive hydrogen, H+, and a negative hydroxide, (OH)–.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hydrolysis (/haɪˈdrɒlɪsɪs/; from Ancient Greek hydro-‘water’, and lysis ‘to unbind’) is any chemical reaction in which a molecule of water breaks one or more chemical bonds. The term is used broadly for substitution, elimination, and solvation reactions in which water is the nucleophile.

Detailed explanation-3: -In a hydrolysis reaction, a larger molecule forms two (or more) smaller molecules and water is consumed as a reactant. Hydrolysis ("hydro” = water and “lysis” = break) involves adding water to one large molecule to break it into multiple smaller molecules.

Detailed explanation-4: -hydrolysis: A chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond by the addition of water.

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