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You have just eaten a meal high in complex carbohydrates Which of the following enzymes will help to digest the meal gastrin amylase cholecystokinin or trypsin?
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What is amylase associated with?
Amylase is an enzyme. Almost all enzymes end with -ase. This enzyme works on complex carbohydrates to simple carbohydrates like sugars.
How does amylase function in the breakdown of complex carbohydrates?
Pancreatic amylase breaks down carbohydrates in the pancreas by chemically destroying the molecules.
What enzyme breaks down carbohydrates in pasta?
The enzymes salivary amylase and pancreatic amylase catalyze the cleavage of alpha 1-4 glycosidic linkages on complex and simple carbohydrates.
Name the enzyme that breaks down carbohydrate?
Complex carbohydrates are broken down by the enzymes, salivary amylase, pancreatic amylase, and maltose. Simple carbohydrates on the other hand require little or none of these enzymes to break down.
Which is more suitable fungal amylase or bacterial amylase in washing powder?
Fungal amylase is used predominately in the baking industry. Bacterial amylase is a water-dispersible blend that breaks down complex carbohydrates into small units.
Saliva changes complex carbohydrates into what to make it easier to digest?
Saliva contains an enzyme called amylase. The amylase breaks down the polysaccharide starch into a disaccharide called glucose.
Functions of the digestive enzymes amylase?
Carbohydrates -- Salivary amylase breaks the covalent bonds between glucose molecules in starch and other polysaccharides to produce the disaccharides maltose and isomaltose. Maltose and isomaltose have a sweet taste; thus, the digestion of polysaccharides by salivary amylase enhances the sweet taste of food.
What enzyme is produced by the pancreas and the salivary glands?
Amylase is the enzyme made in the salivary glands and the pancreas. Its function is to break down complex carbohydrates, sometimes called starches.. In the mouth they are called salivary amylase and in the small intestine they are called pancreatic amylase. This enzyme is also known as ptyalin.
What are proteins and complex carbohydrates?
Which of the following is a function that differentiates a protein from a carbohydrate
A mutation in the genes for salivary amylase will greatly affect the chemical digestion of what?
Amylase is responsible for the digestion of starches in the body. If a mutation occurred in the genes coding for the production of amylase, this would interfere with the body's ability to digest starches and other complex carbohydrates (which begins in the mouth with enzymes from the salivary glands).
What does saliva change complex carbohydrates into?
Saliva changes starch into sugar. This is why, when you let a cracker sit in your mouth, it starts to turn sweet. The enzyme in saliva that does this is called amylase.
What is the product of amylase?
There are three different types of amylase. They all break down starches into sugars. Alpha-amylase is the most common and produces maltotriose and maltose, or maltose, glucose, and limit dextrin.
