Proteolysis

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Proteolysis \Pro`te*ol"y*sis\, n. [NL. See {Proteolytic}.]
     (Physiol. Chem.)
     The digestion or dissolving of proteid matter by proteolytic
     ferments.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  proteolysis
       n : the hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids by
           cleavage of their peptide bonds