Hydrolysis reaction generating un-ionized products.
In the hydrolysis reaction shown here, the disaccharide maltose is broken down to form two glucose monomers with the addition of a water molecule. One glucose gets a hydroxyl group at the site of the former covalent bond, the other glucose gets a hydrogen atom. This is the reverse of the dehydration synthesis reaction joining these two monomers.
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