Definition of "hydrolyze" [hydrolyze]

• To subject to or undergo hydrolysis. (verb-transitive)

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• "But, if you really want to understand the detailed molecular interactions that make it go in a particular direction, make certain contacts, break other contacts, hydrolyze GTP, you know, form bonds, etcetera, and do it all amazingly accurately, then you do need a high resolution picture of those states."
• "Crockpots, you know, are designed to allow for long, slow things to hydrolyze and denature in the collagen."
• "So, again, since so much of cooking is about time and temperature, collagen happens to hydrolyze and denature starting around somewhere in the order of, well, let's call 160."