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The hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids by cleavage of their peptide bonds
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proteolysis
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n. (context biochemistry English) The hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids; especially as part of the digestion of food.
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n. the hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids by cleavage of their peptide bonds
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Proteolysis \Pro`te*ol"y*sis\, n. [NL. See Proteolytic .] (Physiol. Chem.) The digestion or dissolving of proteid matter by proteolytic ferments.
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Proteolysis is the breakdown of proteins into smaller polypeptides or amino acids . Uncatalysed, the hydrolysis of peptide bonds is extremely slow, taking hundreds of years. Proteolysis is typically catalysed by cellular enzymes called proteases , but may ...