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No. Amylase is produced in the body by the salivary glands and the intestines to take part in the digestive process.
That answer is incorrect! Amylase is indeed a digestive enzyme for animals, but it is also present in plants. Though mainly found in cereal seeds like wheat, amylase is found throughout the plant kingdom. It is most usually present in germinating seeds, and is used to break the polysaccharide starch in the endosperm/ haustorium into more usable, smaller sugar chains like maltose.
See the third to last paragraph on this page: http://plantphys.info/plants_human/seedgerm.html
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Which enzyme help animals to digest plants?
Cellulase helps in digestion of plant cell wall , Amylase helps in digestion of starch .
Does the optimum pH of salivary amylase differ from plant amylase?
Yes. Some plants are found to have amylase as well, such as those plants with high levels of starch, and they are the same types of amylase.
What enzyme catalyzes the digestion of starch?
Lactase catalyzes the breakdown of lactose. It would probably not catalyze the breakdown of starch because enzymes are SPECIFIC and are typically named for the substrate that it acts on. Amylase is the enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of starch. (Named so because in plants, starch is stored in the amyloplasts)
Which biochemical cycle aids plants through bacterila nodules in soil?
Nitrogen cycle
What is the main function in starch in plants?
The main function of starch in plants is to store energy.
Where is amylase found in plants?
Amylase is a type of carbohydrase enzyme. In humans it is produced in the pancreas.
What is the difference between the function of glycogen amylase and cellulose?
All these substances play a major role in the Enzyme activity in plants and animals. Glycogen is the source of energy for the muscles of the body of the human body. Amylase is an enzyme that helps in the making of starch for plant use. Cellulose on the other hand is the primary sugar that allows plants to be able to make their own food
Which enzyme help animals to digest plants?
Cellulase helps in digestion of plant cell wall , Amylase helps in digestion of starch .
Who secrets amylase?
Amylase is an enzyme that breaks starch down into sugar. Amylase is present in human saliva, where it begins the chemical process of digestion. Foods that contain much starch but little sugar, such as rice and potato, taste slightly sweet as they are chewed because amylase turns some of their starch into sugar in the mouth. Thepancreas also makes amylase (alpha amylase) to hydrolyse dietary starch into disaccharides and trisaccharides which are converted by other enzymes to glucose to supply the body with energy. Plants and some bacteria also produce amylase. As diastase, amylase was the first enzyme to be discovered and isolated (by Anselme Payen in 1833).[1]
What is the the function of pH in plants?
To carry out different biochemical reactions in the plant cells a desirable pH is very essential.
Does the optimum pH of salivary amylase differ from plant amylase?
Yes. Some plants are found to have amylase as well, such as those plants with high levels of starch, and they are the same types of amylase.
What reactions do plants do?
Biochemical reactions
Is a plants cycle the same as an animals?
In terms of the biochemical Steps in Life - biochemical acquisition of Foodstuffs, the biochemical control of both Growth and Reproduction - Yes it is.
Which biochemical cycle aids plants through?
Nitrogen
What causes biochemical weathering?
Results from the actions of plants and animals.
Why storage form of carbohydrates in plants is starch and glycogen in animals and humans?
This is because animals and human have Enzyme amylase that can convert starch in simple sugar that can be used by it's cell to release energy. plant doesn't have the enzyme that convert glycogen into a form that can be utilized by it's body cells
What biochemical process occurs in plants cells but not in animal cells?
Photosynthesis.
