Does hydrolysis take place in a living cell? What other molecule is necessary to insure the reaction will take

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Answer 1

Yes, hydrolysis happens in a living cell. It requires an enzyme to make it happen and a molecule of water to split up and put on the "taken apart" ends of the pieces so they don't go back together.

Hydrolysis is taking apart a molecule, using the H+ and OH- from a molecule of water to put on the newly-broken, needing-a-bond ends.