Properties of Biological Macromolecules

AP Biology· difficulty 2/5

The reverse process — breaking a polymer with water — is

A
$Hydrolysis$
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B
$Phosphorylation$
C
$Reduction$
D
$Condensation$

Explanation

Hydrolysis ("water splitting") inserts -OH and -H across a bond, cleaving the polymer.

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