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Cellulase is an enzyme found in herbivorous animals as it assists the breakdown of cellulose found in all plant matter.

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Cellulose is the main structure in plant cell walls.

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Cellulose is only in plant cells

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Where is the enzyme cellulase located in the body?

in the cells


What is cellulase made of?

Cellulase is mostly found in fungi and microbial stuff. The most studdied cellulase comes from the fungi Trichoderma reesei


Which enzyme help animals to digest plants?

Cellulase helps in digestion of plant cell wall , Amylase helps in digestion of starch .


How do you obtain cellulase?

Most cellulase is extracted from fungal plant parasites. You can buy small amounts of the enzyme in powdered form through Karlan, Inc. There is a company in Japan named Yakult Pharmaceuticals that sells bulk cellulase (and other plant-chewing enzymes) for laboratory use. Even with overseas shipping, they are much cheaper. Cellulase and other enzymes are used in the lab to make plant protoplasts by chewing away the cell wall.


Is cellulase a carbohydrate or a protein?

Cellulase is an enzyme that break down celluse a complex organic molecule into simpler molecule like glucose and as such being an enzyme, it is also protein in nature.


Where is enzyme cellulase produced?

its were your stomach is and it is mostly produced in large quantities


What is the enzyme product for carbohydrase?

The substrates of cellulase is cellulose.


What enzyme is responsible for digesting carbohydrates?

salivary amylase (salivary glads) and pancreatic amylase (pancreas)


What enzyme breaks down vegetables?

Cellulase - breaks down vegetables and cellulose material


What enzyme breaks down cellulase?

Cellulose. The entities that break down proteins are called proteases.


How do horses break down cellulose?

Horses break down cellulose by use of enzyme cellulase.


Which enzyme breaks down into cellulose into smaller molecules?

Cellulose is not an enzyme - it is a polysaccharide sugar.Cellulase is used to describe a class of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis (breakdown) of cellulose.