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Hydrolysis
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Hydrolysis reaction generating ionized products.
In the hydrolysis reaction shown here, the dipeptide is broken down to form two ionized amino acids with the addition of a water molecule. One amino acid gets an oxygen atom and a negative charge, the other amino acid gets two hydrogen atoms and a positive charge. This is the reverse of the dehydration synthesis reaction joining these two monomers.
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