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Amylase breaks down starch by catalyzing the hydrolysis of the glycosidic bonds between glucose molecules in the starch molecule, resulting in the production of smaller sugar molecules such as maltose and glucose.

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What can the enzyme amylase break down?

The enzyme amylase can break down starch to maltose.


What the amylase salivary break down?

Starch


How does amylase break down starch into glucose?

In the mouth.


Does amylase break down tissue meat?

No, you need protease to break down meat.


What Enzymes are responsible for breakdown of starches?

They are Broken down by Amylase Enymes.


What disaccharide does the digestive enzyme amylase break down starch to?

Amylase helps the break down of starch into sugars (disaccharides). Amylase itself is not broken down. It is an enzyme and it doesn't enter into the reaction in any way. The disaccharide that is formed is sucrose, maltose or lactose.


What happens when enzymes are added to starch suspension?

Enzymes, such as amylase, break down starch molecules into simpler sugars like glucose. This process is called hydrolysis. The enzymes speed up the reaction, resulting in the starch suspension becoming thinner or turning into a clear solution as the starch is broken down.


What enzyme will break down starch into smaller subunits?

The enzyme amylase breaks down starch into smaller subunits like maltose and glucose. Amylase can be found in saliva and in the pancreas.


Substance that contains a starch-splitting enzyme?

The substance that contains a starch-splitting enzyme is the pancreatic juice and saliva. The two types of enzymes that break down starch are pancreatic amylase and salivary amylase.


What enzyme breaks starch down into sugar?

Bile and Amylase are the two enzymes that break down starch into sugars.


What are the enzymes found in saliva that break down starch is called?

The enzyme found in saliva that breaks down starch is called amylase. Amylase helps to hydrolyze starch into smaller molecules such as maltose and glucose, which can then be absorbed in the intestines for energy.


Where does amylase break down starch in the body?

first in mouth then i the stomach