Acid hydrolase
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acid hydrolase
(′as·əd ′hī·drə′lās)
(biochemistry) Any of a group lysosomal digestive enzymes that function optimally in an acidic environment and can sever (by hydrolysis) particular chemical bonds found in natural materials.
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acid hydrolase
any hydrolase enzyme that is active in mildly acidic conditions (pH 5 — 6); often found in lysosomes.
| acid dye, acid dissociation constant, acid ceramidase | |
| acid lipase, acid mucopolysaccharide, acid number |
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Acid hydrolase
An acid hydrolase (lysosomal acid lipase) is an enzyme that works best at acidic pHs. It is commonly located in lysosomes, which are acidic on the inside. Acid hydrolases may be nucleases, proteases, glycosidases, lipases, phosphatases, sulfatases and phospholipases and make up the approximately 50 degradative enzymes of the lysosome that break apart biological matter.[1]
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- ^ Molecular Cell Biology 6ed, Lodish et al.
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