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The enzyme amylase can break glycosidic linkages between glucose monomers only if the monomers are the form?
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The enzyme amylase can break glycosidic linkages between glucose monomers only if the monomers are the α form Which of the following could amylase break down?
can break down glycogen and starch (ex: amylopectin or amylose). But not cellulose which is made from beta form glucose. Amylase, present in saliva, breaks down starch into maltose and simple sugars. The maltose is then broken down in the small intestine by maltase into glucose.
What does cellulose break down?
Starch and cellulose differ in the glycosidic linkages between their glucose monomers.
What is needed to produce energy from carbohydrates?
To utilize energy from a nutrient, the bonds need to be broken. Polysaccharides cannot be digested until it has been broken down into monomers (monosaccharides). To do this, enzymes need to break the glycosidic linkages between monomers.
What is the bond that forms between carbohydrates?
glycosidic bonds form between carbohydrate monomers
Covalent bond between two mono saccharide called?
A covalent bond formed between a carbohydrate molecule and another molecule (in this case, between two monosaccharides) is known as a glycosidic bond. Glycosidic bonds (also called glycosidic linkages) can be of the alpha or the beta type.
What is the source of monosaccharides?
Monosaccharides are produced through the reduction of di-/polysaccharides in the case of animals. Plants on the other hand, produce monosaccharides (glucose) through photosynthesis. They take the monomers and bond them together into starch for storage. The starch is the energy that animals and humans acquire during consumption. We then follow through with the digestion process which breaks the glycosidic linkages between monomers in order to utilize the glucose.
What Type of bond that joins monomers in carbohydrates?
the simple sugar units or monomers of carbohydrates are linked together through an oxygen bridge generally known as the glycosidic linkage or bond.
What affect will amylase have on sucrose?
None. Amylase breaks down starch into sugars, generally into the monosaccharde glucose and disaccharide maltose (double glucose). Sucrose is a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, and the amylase enzymes are not keyed for this pair and thus cannot split it up. Sucrase is required for that.
The breaking down of glucose is it dehydration or hydrolysis?
Carbohydrates are usually long chains of glucose and its breakdown consists of hydrolyzing the individual glycosidic linkages between each glucose molecule.
What is the chemical reaction that occurs among the monomers of simple sugar?
Monomers in plants undergo the 'Dehydration process' (Removal of water molecule) and an oxygen bridge is formed between two simple sugar units this linkage is known as the 'glycosidic linkage'.
What enzyme found in saliva breaks chemical bonds between the sugar monomers in starches?
AMYLASE is a saliva that breaks into starch, releasing sugar
What is the substrate salivary amylase?
Starch is the substrate. Salivary amylase (like all amylases) is an enzyme that breaks down bonds between glucose residues in starch molecules. More specifically, the substrate for an amylase is an α-1,4-glycosidic bond. The products are sugars such as maltose and, in smaller amounts, glucose and maltotriose.
