autohydrolysis

English

Etymology

From auto- +‎ hydrolysis.

Noun

autohydrolysis (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) hydrolysis using water alone (often at high temperatures)
2. (biochemistry) hydrolysis of a peptide or enzyme catalyzed by itself
   • 2015 August 6, “Weak Interactions between Salmonella enterica FlhB and Other Flagellar Export Apparatus Proteins Govern Type III Secretion Dynamics”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     FlhB undergoes asparagine-mediated autohydrolysis at N269-P270 [12 ,13 ].