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What is the name of the enzyme responsible for the breakdown of lactose.?
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What is the name of the Digextive Enzyme that breaksdown Lactose?
lactase
What enzyme is person who is lactose intolerant missing?
Lactose intolerance is the inability to efficiently convert lactose into glucose and galactose, a reaction catalyzed by the enzyme lactase. (A rule of thumb for enzyme nomenclature is that many enzyme names typically take most of the name of their substrate and slap an "-ase" at the end.)
What is the name of the enzyme that speeds up the breakdown of sucrose?
Amylase speeds up the breakdown of sucrose.
What is the name of the enzyme responsible for gelatin hydrolysis?
The enzyme responsible for gelatin hydrolysis is gelatinase.
What enzyme would catalyze the breakdown of a disaccharide?
Modern enzymes are usually named by incorporating the name of the polymer hydrolyzed and the suffix "-ase". So following those rules, the enzyme that breaks down lactose is lactase.
Where does lactase help the body do?
Any enzyme has -ase at the end of it's name. The first part of the name is what it acts on or what its' substrate is. Lact- means milk sugar. This enzyme breaks down milk sugar (lactose) into simpler sugars that can be absorbed by the body. Some people are lacking in the enzyme (they don't make it) and are said to lactose intolerant. The two sugars are used by the cell for energy.
What is the name of the organ system that is responsible for the chemical breakdown of polymers into monomers?
Digestive system
What do you think the molecules are with the -ase endings on them?
-ase is a common suffix used to name various enzymes. So, as an example, a nuclease is an enzyme that cleaves nucleic acids and a telomerase is an enzyme that extends the telomeres. Both produce different outcomes yet both end with -ase.
What name is given to a biological catalyst found in saliva?
The enzyme amylase is a biological catalyst found in saliva. It catalyzes the breakdown of starch. Note that not everyone secretes the enzyme amylase in their saliva.
How do you say enzyme?
Enzymes are named by the reaction it catalyzes.
What suffix is at the end of many names for sugars?
-ose, as in fructose, glucose, lactose, etc.
Why is lactase called lactase?
It breaks down lactose, and -ase is a common ending of enzyme names coming, ultimately, from the term lysis, which means "to break apart". So it's a nearly perfect name.
