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A mutation in the genes for salivary amylase will greatly affect the chemical digestion of what?
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∙ 14y ago
Amylase is responsible for the digestion of starches in the body. If a mutation occurred in the genes coding for the production of amylase, this would interfere with the body's ability to digest starches and other complex carbohydrates (which begins in the mouth with enzymes from the salivary glands).
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Is salivary amylase mechanical or chemical digestion?
no, amylase is for carbohydrates. For proteins it's protease :)
Which enzyme is produced by the salivary glands and begins the chemical digestion of carbohydrates?
amylase
What is the name of biological catalysts which bring chemical digestion in food?
salivary amylase
What are the functions of the chemical digestion in animals?
Chemical digestion begins in the mouth with the secretion of saliva from three pairs of salivary glands. Saliva contains the digestive enzyme salivary amylase.
What is the enzyme produced by the salivary glands that initiates carbohydrate digestion in the mouth?
The Oral Cavity has limited digestion of carbohydrates and lipids (amylase and lipase).
What provides chemical digestion in the mouth?
The enzyme called as salivary amylase or ptylin. It brakes down the starch to sugars.
What two processes of digestion begins in the mouth how do they differ?
Salivary Amylase helps digest starch while in the mouth as a chemical digestion. Chewing is another form of digestion, but its mechanical
What are the names of digestion enzymes in the mouth and stomach?
salivary amylase.
What is the Carbohydrate Digestion Polymer in the Oral Cavity?
Salivary Amylase.
Where does digestion begin at?
Digestion begins in your mouth. Starch is digested (by salivary amylase) into maltose.
Where does digestion in your body began?
Digestion begins in the mouth right after ingestion. There is mechanical and chemical digestion. Your teeth breaks up the food into smaller pieces (mechanical digestion) and your saliva contains salivary amylase which digests starch into maltose (chemical digestion).
Where does the digestion of the food begin?
Chemical digestion begins in the mouth, when our salivary amylase breaks down starch(on a-plus) the STOMACH begins digestion of protein by emulsifying food.i promise you its the right answer.
