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Amylase is produced by the salivary glands and works in the mouth to break down chardohydrates(digests starch into maltose). It only works for a short amount of time because when you swallow the food it is inhibated by the acid in the stomach.
Amylase works best at a pH of 7.
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What does pancreatic amylase react or act on?
Amylase is the enzyme responsible for breaking down starch.
Where is amylase found in plants?
Amylase is a type of carbohydrase enzyme. In humans it is produced in the pancreas.
Where amylase is made?
Amylase is an enzyme that is made in the mouth of humans. It is specifically found in saliva and is used in digestion.
What substrate does salivary amylase act on?
Starch
What enzyme converts starch to glucose in the mouth of humans?
salivary amylase
What does pancreatic amylase react or act on?
Amylase is the enzyme responsible for breaking down starch.
Which enzyme is found in the saliva and which food type does it act on?
on the amylase solution
Where is amylase found in plants?
Amylase is a type of carbohydrase enzyme. In humans it is produced in the pancreas.
Where amylase is made?
Amylase is an enzyme that is made in the mouth of humans. It is specifically found in saliva and is used in digestion.
What substrate does salivary amylase act on?
Starch
Why does the enzyme salivary amylase will act on starch but not on protein?
Because the enzyme salivary amylase lacks protein.
What is amylase used for?
Amylase is an enzyme that is present in the saliva of humans. It is used for converting starch into sugar, during digestion.
What type of food does amylase act on?
starch is broken down by amylase and starch is the only food that its digestion begins in mouth by amylase of salavia.
The enzyme salivary amylase will act on starch but not on protein This action illustrates that salivary amylase?
4) lack protein
What enzyme converts starch to glucose in the mouth of humans?
salivary amylase
The enzyme salivary amylase will act on starch but not on protein?
Lack protein.
What enzyme begins the breakdown of starch?
http://www.answers.com/topic/salivary-glandAmylase in the saliva is known as Ptyalin.Humans have this enzyme in their saliva, but some mammals, like horses, dogs, and cats, do not.Ptyalin begins carbohydrate and polysaccharide digestion in the mouth; the process is completed in the small intestine by the pancreatic amylase, sometimes called amylopsin.dextrin
