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Oral cavity
In the oral cavity, salivary glands secrete ptyalin. It is a type of α-amylase, which digests starch into small segments of multiple sugars and into the individual soluble sugars. Secreted by small and large salivary glands.
Stomach
The enzymes that get secreted in the stomach are called gastric enzymes. These are the following:
Pepsin is the main gastric enzyme. As it breaks proteins into smaller peptide fragments, it is a peptidase.
Gelatinase, degrades type I and type V Gelatin and type IV and V collagen, which are proteoglycans in meat.
Gastric amylase degrades starch, but is of minor significance.
Gastric lipase is a tributyrase by its biochemical activity, as it acts almost exclusively on tributyrin, a butter fat enzyme.
Small intestine
Pancreatic enzymes
The pancreas is the main digestive gland in our body. It secretes the enzymes:
Trypsin, is a peptidase, that breaks down peptides in the small intestine.
Chymotrypsin, also a peptidase
Steapsin, degrades triglycerides into fatty acids and glycerol.
Carboxypeptidase, splits peptide fragments into individual amino acids. It is a protease.
Several elastases that degrade the protein elastin and some other proteins.
Several nucleases that degrade nucleic acids, like DNAase and RNAase
Pancreatic amylase that, besides starch, glycogen and cellulose, degrades most other carbohydrates.
Bile from the liver, which emulsifies fat, allowing more efficient use of lipases in the duodenum; in converting lipids to their component fatty acid and glycerol molecules
Proper small intestine enzymes
Several peptidases.
The jejunum and ileum secretes a juice called succus entericus which contains the following:
Six types of enzymes degrade disaccharides into monosaccharides:
Sucrase, which breaks down sucrose into glucose and fructose
Maltase, which breaks down maltose into glucose.
Isomaltase, which breaks down maltose and isomaltose
Lactase, which breaks down lactose into glucose and galactose
Intestinal lipase, which breaks down fatty acids
What else can I help you with?
What are proteins that help digestion?
enzymes
Are proteins that help digestion?
enzymes
What in the mouth secrete enzymes which help prepare the food for digestion in the stomach.?
The salivary glands secret enzymes which help prepare food for digestion in the stomach
The ___________________ in the mouth secrete enzymes which help prepare the food for digestion in the stomach?
The salivary glands secret enzymes which help prepare food for digestion in the stomach
What do enzymes help digestion?
Enzymes are involved in the digestion of all types of foods except, of course, the foods that cannot be digested (like cellulose).
What is the function of proteolytic enzymes and what do they make?
Proteolytic enzymes break down proteans into their constituent chemicals (amino acids) they help in digestion.
Do enzymes help your digestion?
yes they break down your food
What does the lactase enzyme help with the digestion of?
Lactase enzymes are produced by the body to help the digestion of whole milk. Lactase enzymes break down Lactose one of the main components of milk and dairy products.
What substance enter into the food vacuole in amoeba to break down the food?
Enzymes are the substances that enter the food vacuole in amoebas to break down the food into smaller molecules that can be absorbed by the cell. These enzymes help in the process of digestion within the food vacuole.
What do enzymes have to do with the digestive system?
Enzymes such as salivary amylase help break down starches and carbohydrates during digestion.
Organelles that contain enzymes that destroy material engulfed by phagocytes are what?
Lysosomes are the organelles that contain enzymes responsible for breaking down material engulfed by phagocytes. They help in the digestion of foreign particles or damaged organelles within the cell.
What enzymes are in the human body?
small little lepracorns in the body which help digestion
