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Lipase acts on fats by breaking the ester bonds between fatty acids and glycerol. In the human digestive system, pancreatic lipase along with bile reduce fat to small droplets and separates the glycerol from the fatty acids.
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What is the enzyme responsible for breaking fats into fatty acids and glycerol?
Triglycerides
What does lipase break down?
Pepsin is found in the stomach, and breaks down long-chain proteins into shorter amino acids, whilst lipase is secreted into the duodenum by the pancreas to break down fats into their constituent parts: fatty acids and glycerol.
What are components of fats?
Fat is made up of fatty acids and glycerol. A triglyceride is formed when a glycerol forms with three fatty acids.
What is considered to be a component of lipids plasma cells fatty acids nuceic acid or zinc?
fats
How do minerals get broken down in the body?
proteins-> amino acids fats -> fatty acids
Which type of enzymes digest fats and what does it digest fats into?
lipase and it turns into fatty acids
What is the enzyme that hydrolyzes neutral fats to their component monoglycerides and fatty acids?
Pancreatic Lipase
Is protease an enzyme?
No, there is a great difference between lipaseand protease. lipase: digest fats and oils into glycerol and fatty acids. protease: digest protein into amino acids.
What is the enzyme responsible for breaking fats into fatty acids and glycerol?
Triglycerides
What is the end product of fat digestion called?
Simple sugar, amino acid, fatty acids, or fatty acids and glycerol
How does small intestine help in the process of digestion?
there is an enzyme called lipase which converts fats into fatty acids.
What breaks down fats into glycerol and fatty acids?
Lipase is the enzyme that targets lipid molecules.
Where are the fatty acids and glycerol transported to once absorbed by the lacteals?
A lacteal is a lymphatic capillary that absorbs dietary fats in the villi by the enzyme lipase, resulting in a mixture of fatty acids and monoglycerides.
What is a microbial lipase?
microbial lipase is an enzyme produced by micro-organisms ,which breaks down fats to fatty acids and glycerol
What makes up animal fats?
Fats are esters of fatty acids. they are made up of fatty acids and glycerol.
Fats change to?
fatty acids
What does lipase digest fats into?
glycerol and fatty acids :P
