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Any enzyme that uses hydrolysis (break a molecule in two, break H2O into OH- and H+, match one ion with one piece of molecule, result in two smaller molecules) is called a hydrolase. In chemical digestion, hydrolysis is the main chemical reaction used by the enzymes to break proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and other complex molecules into smaller pieces.
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∙ 15y agoA hydrolase is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a chemical bond
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What do the enzymes in the digestive system and hydrolases have in common?
Enzymes in the digestive system speed up the breakdown of food. The process of these enzymes breaking down the food in the digestive tract is known as hydrolases.
What is the function of cell lyosomes?
Lysosomes are organelles that contain digestive enzymes (acid hydrolases). They digest excess or worn-out organelles, food particles, and engulfed viruses or bacteria. The membrane surrounding a lysosome allows the digestive enzymes to work at the 4.5 pH they require. Lysosomes fuse with vacuoles and dispense their enzymes into the vacuoles, digesting their contents.
What are digestive chemicals called?
enzymes
How An Enzyme Can Be Used In Digestion Breaking A Larger Reactant Down Into Smaller Products.?
All digestive enzymes are hydrolases which use molecule of water and break large molecules by hydrolysis in smaller ones .
What are chemicals found in the digestive process called?
They are called digestive enzymes. There are many that are used in the process, beginning in the mouth with enzymes that begin the break down of starches.
What are the main types of enzymes?
Oxidoreductases Transferases Hydrolases Lases Isomerases Ligases
The organelle that contains the digestive enzymes in the cell?
The Golgi apparatus. It creates lysosomes.Lysosome: Lysosomes contain hydrolytic enzymes necessary for intracellular digestion. They are common in animal cells, but rare in plant cells.
What is the name of the reaction involved in breaking a glycosidic bond?
Glycosidic bonds are typically cleaved in hydrolysis reactions by enzymes called hydrolases.
True or false Lysosomes perform digestive functions within a cell?
Yes. Born as endosomes that contain inactive enzymes, lysosomes are spherical, membranous organelles containing activated digestive enzymes. Lysosomes are large and abundant within phagocytes, the cells that dispose of invading bacteria and cell debris. Lysosomal enzymes can digest almost all kinds of biological molecules. They work best in acidic conditions and so are called acid hydrolases.
What are the names of some enzymes?
Hydrolases - Hydrolysis of a substrate - digestive enzyme isomerases - change of the molecular form of the substrate - famerase
The organelles that contain the cell's digestive enzymes are?
They are called Lysosomes :).
What is the specialized vacuole that stores digestive enzymes called?
Lysosomes
