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What are protein molecules broken down into?
Proteins are broken down firstly into peptides, which are then digested into even smaller units - amino acids.
What are carbohydrates fats and proteins broken down to in the small intestine?
Carbohydrates and fats are broken down in the digestive tract into the simple sugars, glucose, fructose, and galactose. The latter two can be converted by the body into glucose, which is distributed throughout the body via the bloodstream and is broken down into Carbon Dioxide and water in the mitochondria of cells. Proteins are broken down into their constituent amino acids, which are used to assemble new proteins throughout the body.
Proteins are broken down into proteases and peptides by proteases in?
Proteases break down proteins into peptides by cleaving the peptide bonds that hold amino acids together in a protein molecule. This process of protein digestion is essential for the body to absorb and utilize the amino acids from proteins for various biological functions. Peptides are shorter chains of amino acids that are further broken down into individual amino acids by proteases for absorption and utilization in cellular processes.
What types of molecules are broken down to make ATP which are most often broken down to make ATP?
Carbohydrates, fats, and proteins are broken down to make ATP. Carbohydrates are most often broken down to make ATP because they are the body's preferred source of energy due to their quick and efficient conversion into ATP through glycolysis and the citric acid cycle.
In what order is protein broken down during digestion?
Protein is broken down into peptides by enzymes like pepsin and trypsin in the stomach and small intestine. Peptides are further broken down into amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, which are then absorbed by the body for use in various cellular processes.
What are fats proteins and carbohydrates broken down into?
Proteins are broken down into amino acids, carbohydrates are broken down into sugars and fats are broken down into fatty acids and glycerol.
Can proteins be broken down and used for energy?
No, protein is broken down into amino acids. Simple sugars are only formed when carbohydrates are digested.
What macromolecules is first broken down in the stomach?
Proteins are the macromolecules that are first broken down in the stomach. The enzyme pepsin helps to break down proteins into smaller peptides.
Proteins are broken down to?
Amino Acids
What Proteins are broken down by?
Amino acid
Where are proteins broken down?
Protein broken down to peptides in stomach. Proteases such as pepsin, trypsin catalyze the breaking down of proteins to peptides. enteropeptidases cut down these peptides to amino acids. All the proteins and enzymes are coded in Genomic DNA.
What breaks down protein bilirubin and iron?
Proteins are broken down by proteases, bilirubin is broken down by the liver, and iron is broken down by macrophages in the liver and spleen.
Do amino acids need to be digested before absorbed?
No because they are in their basic unit. Proteins have to be broken down into basic units (proteins broken down to amino acids)
What does protein get broken down into to use for energy?
Proteins are broken down into amino acids in digestive tract and then synthesis of new proteins.
What nutrients break down in the stomach?
Proteins are digested in the stomach. Pepsin is the enzyme, which is responsible for breaking the peptide bond of the proteins.
What occurs durring the digestion of proteins?
Most simply, proteins are broken down into amino acids.
What type of reaction by which proteins and carbohydrates are broken down?
Glycolysis.
