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Why is it necessary for polysaccharides to be digested outside of the cell?
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Polysaccharides are very large and therefore would require a lot of energy in order to transport across a cell wall. So cells will secrete exoenzymes to break the polysaccharides into smaller, monomeric portions and then absorb the monomeric portions in order to save energy.
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What is the Difference between intracellular enzyme and extracellular enzyme?
An intracellular enzyme reacts inside the cell body while the extracellular enzyme affects the outside part of the cell.
The process by which worn-out cell organelles are digested is called?
phagocytes
What is the primary function of polysaccharides attached to the glycoproteins and glycolipids of animal cell?
to actively transport molecules against their concentration gradients.
Does a sodium-potassium pump require an integral protein?
Yes, because integral proteins extend all the way though the cellular membrane which is necessary because potassium has to be brought from the outside of the cell to the inside and the sodium has to be brought from the inside of the cell to the outside.
In mosses the part that contains spores in bacteria a protective layer of polysaccharides around the cell wall?
capsule
Why is it necessary for polysaccharides to be digested outside the cell?
Polysaccharides are very large and therefore would require a lot of energy in order to transport across a cell wall. So cells will secrete exoenzymes to break the polysaccharides into smaller, monomeric portions and then absorb the monomeric portions in order to save energy.
How do polysaccharides cross the cell membrane?
Polysaccharides are generally too large to passively diffuse through the cell membrane. Instead, they are broken down into smaller sugar molecules by enzymes outside the cell, which can then be transported across the membrane by specific transport proteins. Alternatively, some cells have mechanisms to engulf and internalize polysaccharides through endocytosis.
What is the Difference between intracellular enzyme and extracellular enzyme?
An intracellular enzyme reacts inside the cell body while the extracellular enzyme affects the outside part of the cell.
What polysaccharides is used for structure in plants?
It is simply the cell wall. It is made of cellulose, other polysaccharides, and protein.
How is mitochondria digested in a cell?
Lysosomes digest unwanted organells.Mitochondria also digested by them.
Where are animal cell food particles digested at?
They are digested in the organelle called lyosome.
What is a polysaccharides that forms part of the cell wall of plants?
cellulose
What biological molecules can make up the bacterial capsule?
The cell capsule is a very large structure of some bacterial cells. It is a layer that lies outside the cell envelope of bacteria.
Where are sugars digested?
In the cytosol of the cell.
What is produced when sugar is digested when sugar is digested in a animal cell?
Carbon Dioxide will be produced.
What are two polysaccharides in the structure of a plant cell?
2 polysaccharides found in plants are starch and cellulose. :)
Where would old cell organelles be digested to be recycled in the cell?
lysosomes
