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No. First of all, the name maltase indicates that the enzyme breaks down maltose. Maltose is a disaccharide composed of two glucose monomers. Cellulose is an entirely different polysaccharide, composed of many monomers of beta glucose. Second, very few organisms have the ability to hydrolyze cellulose. In most organisms including humans, cellulose passes through our digestive tract without changing chemically. This is what we call "fiber". Even though we can get no nutrients from it, cellulose is good for the muscles lining the small intestine.
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What element is present in Maltase but not in maltose?
Enzymes.
What enzyme converts maltose to glucose?
Maltase
What happens when maltase acts upon a molecule of maltose?
It explodes
The specific function of the enzyme maltase?
Maltase is a biological catalyst used in digestion. Once starch has been broken down to maltose,maltase continues the chemical digestion and breaks the maltose down to glucose, ie a soluble, smaller molecule that can easily be absorbed.
What enzyme break down maltose?
Maltase breaks down enzymes in the small intestine.
Difference between maltose and cellulose?
difference between cellulose and maltose is that cellulose is (chiefly in technical texts) while maltose is (carbohydrate) a disaccharide, c12h22o11 formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase.
Can maltose be digested?
Yes Maltose can be digested by the human body. Cellulose can not
What substance is acted on by maltase?
Maltase is an enzyme that acts on the compound maltose. It is present in saliva and pancreatic juice and catalyzes maltose into glucose.
What does maltase produce?
Two glucose, because maltose is two glucose join together
What conclusion can be drawn from the experiment when amylase and maltase were added to a maltose solution?
Maltase digests only maltose
What enzyme is used to make maltose?
Name of this enzyme is Maltese. It is present in the brush border of the lining of small intestine.
What is substrate of maltase?
maltase is found in intestinal juice and hydrolyzes maltose to glucose. Substrate = maltose Product = glucose
Which element is present in maltase but not maltose?
Nitrogen
What element is present in Maltase but not in maltose?
Enzymes.
What make changes maltose to glucose?
maltase
What enzyme converts maltose to glucose?
Maltase
What in the small intestine breaks down maltose?
maltase
