0
Amylase is an enzyme in your saliva which can break down starch to sugar in a a matter of minutes or seconds. The salivary glands in your mouth release the amylase to break down the starch, and therefore, amylase is an extracellular enzyme.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is the name of the enzyme that digests starch?
AMYLASE
What is the Difference between intracellular enzyme and extracellular enzyme?
An intracellular enzyme reacts inside the cell body while the extracellular enzyme affects the outside part of the cell.
What enzyme produces maltose?
Amylase
What is the substance that breaks down starch into sugar?
Maltase
Which enzyme converts starch into maltose?
Amylase catalyses starch into maltose.
What enzyme dissolves starch?
Amylase enzymes.
What is the name of the enzyme that digests starch?
AMYLASE
What is the Difference between intracellular enzyme and extracellular enzyme?
An intracellular enzyme reacts inside the cell body while the extracellular enzyme affects the outside part of the cell.
What can the enzyme amylase break down?
The enzyme amylase can break down starch to maltose.
Is Amylase a enzyme or Hormone?
It's an enzyme.
Why does the enzyme salivary amylase will act on starch but not on protein?
Because the enzyme salivary amylase lacks protein.
Where is the enzyme amylase created?
Amylase is produced by the exocrine pancreas .
What enzyme is in flour?
amylase
The enzyme amylase un zips or winds the DNA strand?
The enzyme helicase unzips the DNA strand not amylase.
Differentiate extra and intracellular enzymes?
An extracellular enzyme is one which reacts outside of the cell. An intracellular enzyme is one which reacts inside of the cell.
What is amylase do?
Amylase is an enzyme which acts on starch.Amylase breaking it down to sugar.
Which is the first enzyme to mix with food in the digestive enzyme?
Amylase
