Dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis reactions

Examples of hydrolysis reactions

-production of amino acids by hydrolyzing a pattern

Hydrolysis reactions

Breaks covalent bonds by adding water. Water molecule is split producing a hydroxyl group and a hydrogen. Hydroxyl group is added at one end of a covalent bond while hydrogen is added at the other end.

Dehydration synthesis reaction

Creates covalent bonds by removing water. A hydroxyl group is removed from one unit molecule and hydrogen from another

Macromolecule

Large molecule

Polymer

Macromolecule consisting of repeating units or monomers

Monomer

Molecule which is joined with other similar molecules to make a polymer

Hydrolytic enzyme

Speed up a hydrolysis reaction

Dehydration

To lose water

Synthesis

To makd

Hydrolysis

To use water to break chemical bonds

example(s)

-Production of a protein by joining amino acids together -production of a nucleus acid by joining nucleotides together