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What does an enzyme involved with digestion of proteins or starches do?
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Any enzyme helps to break down large compounds into smaller ones at a fast rate. Proteins are too big to be used by a tiny cell until it is much smaller so it is broken down into amino acids. The same happens to the very large carbohydrates, they are broken down into simple sugars.
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What enzyme completes the digestion of proteins?
Trypsin completes the digestion of proteins. Pepsin in the stomach starts the digestion of proteins.
What salivary glands do in your body?
It produces a very important enzyme which is essential to digestion of starches,
What happens to starches in the small intestine and how are these changes brought about?
The starches, or carbohydrates, that you eat do not get digested in the stomach, it only digests proteins. Your pancreas secretes digestive juices that digest all three forms of food; proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. The specific enzyme that aids in the digestion on starches is pancreatic lipase which it delivers to the first part of the small intestine called the duodenum.
What enzyme is involved in the digestion of protens?
Peptidase,protiase,dipeptidase,tripeptidase
What enzyme is responsible for proteins digestion?
Hydrolytic enzymes that break down proteins are a class of enzymes called proteases.
Secretions of salivary glands begin the digestion of?
carbohydratesstarch
The secretions of the salivary gland begin the digestion of?
The salivary glad produces amylase. It is an enzyme that primarily functions to digest starches. Amylase is also produces in the pancreas.
Which proteins speed up chemical reactions?
Enzymes are proteins that speed up chemical reactions. They are called biological catalysts as well. Examples include Protease(speeds up digestion of proteins), Lipase(digestion of fats), Cellulase(digestion of cellulose),etc.
Where does CHO digestion begin?
In the mouth. Salivary Amylase breaks down alpha (1,4) bond of glycogen.
Churns food and begins protein digestion?
When pepsinogen is mixed with hydrochloric acid, it makes pepsin. Pepsin is the enzyme that begins the digestion of proteins in stomach.
Where is the enzyme that breaks down proteins?
Digestion of protein starts from stomach. In stomach the proteolytic enzymes such as pepsin, trypsin, chymotrypsin are produced and act of proteins derived from food. But in general, an enzyme can break down proteins anywhere (in lab environment too) if there is optimal condition (such as buffer, pH) is provided.
What is involved in a variety process such as a cell signaling immune response and enzyme activity?
proteins
