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This is an example of hydrolosis; a decoposition using water, or H2O.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoHydrolysis breaks polysaccharides into monosaccharides.
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∙ 9y agoPolysaccharides are usually digested into monosaccharides. This makes them easy to be absorbed during digestion when they are converted into maltose.
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∙ 14y agothrough the process called hydrolysis
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∙ 13y agohundreds of monosacchrides
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∙ 13y agoTri - , Di - , and Mono - saccharides.
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∙ 10y agodisaccharides
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What substances are too large for carrier proteins?
Glucose...It's a HUGE molecule that is broken down into Glycogen for storage.
Breaking down polysaccharides occurs through a process called what?
Hydrolysis is the process that breaks down polysaccharides into simpler sugars.
Starch cellulose and glycogen are all examples of polysaccharides?
They are all polysaccharides made of glucose monomers.
What molecule are broken down during cellular respiration to release energy?
Energy sources (long term energy storages) are broken down! Typically when learning about cellular respiration, glucose is used as an example because it is the most convenient source for cellular respiration. However, other sources such as proteins and fats (they insert themselves into glycolysis or the transition step or the Krebs cycle when able) are also broken down. Before they can be broken down, both of these molecules must be broken into their monomers (amino acids for proteins) or smaller molecules (glycerol and fatty acids for fats) and modified. Even if glucose is used as the energy source, polysaccharides like starch in plants and glycogen in humans must be broken down into smaller subunits until it gets to its monomer - glucose. Oxygen could also be considered to be broken down. Molecular oxygen (O2) is split after receiving the low-energy electrons from the electron transport chain to produce 2 water molecules. Short term energy sources like ATP and NADH are also broken down, but the profit of ATP and NADH from cellular respiration greatly outweigh the losses.
What types of molecules are broken down to make ATP which are most often broken down to make ATP?
Carbohydrate, lipids, or proteins can be broken down to make ATP. Carbohydrates are the molecules most commonly broken down to make ATP.
Which best describes food when it reaches the stomach?
The polysaccharides have been broken down.
What is the function of Polysaccharides?
What are the functions of polysaccharides?
What substances are too large for carrier proteins?
Glucose...It's a HUGE molecule that is broken down into Glycogen for storage.
What organic molecules that can be broken down during cellular respiration can be obtained from?
polysaccharides, proteins and lipids
What is the process by which disaccharides and polysaccharides can be broken apart?
Disaccharides are broken down by hydrolysis, which is the addition of water molecule, to turn into two monosaccharides
How do you break down a polysaccharide?
Hydrolysis breaks polysaccharides into monosaccharides, during what is called saccharification. This process is the cleavage of chemical bonds by the addition of water.
Process by which disaccharides and polysaccharides can be broken apart?
Hydrolysis
Why can we use potatoes as a food source but not wood?
the polysaccharides in the potato (i.e. long chain starches) can be broken down by cooking into short chain starches that can be digested by enzymes in the human gut to glucose, which provides nutritional valuethe polysaccharides in in wood (e.g. cellulose, pectin) cannot be broken down by cooking or by enzymes in the human gut, so it provides no nutritional value
What is needed to produce energy from carbohydrates?
To utilize energy from a nutrient, the bonds need to be broken. Polysaccharides cannot be digested until it has been broken down into monomers (monosaccharides). To do this, enzymes need to break the glycosidic linkages between monomers.
What is the final breakdown of polysaccharide?
During the final breakdown of polysaccharides, food is digested in the stomach and travels to the small intestines. At this point the food is then broken down due to the release of acid and transforms into monosaccharides.
What do polysaccharides such as starch break down into what are the monomers of carbohydrates?
glucose
Breaking down polysaccharides occurs through a process called what?
Hydrolysis is the process that breaks down polysaccharides into simpler sugars.
