Amylase, an enzyme found in your mouth breaks starch into simple sugars.
Amylase continues the work begun in the mouth by ptyalin and completes the process of breaking down a starch into single glucose molecules. Ptyalin breaks down a polysaccharide (starch) into a disaccharide (maltose). Amylase finishes the break-down by splitting the two glucose molecules in maltose into single glucans. It does this through the process of hydrolysis. Like ptyalin in the mouth, Amylase inserts a water molecule between the two glucans which are bonded together. This breaks the glycosidic bond between them by "capping" the free reactive ends with the H and the OH. The two glucose molecules are now separate monosaccharides.
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They are Broken down by Amylase Enymes.
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They are Broken down by Amylase Enymes.
starch can be broken down into simple sugars by the enzyme amylase
Starch (carbohydrates) is broken down (digested) to maltose by salivary amylase.
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.
Peptidase does not have an effect on starch. Peptidase is an enzyme that breaks down proteins, not carbohydrates like starch. Starch is primarily broken down by enzymes such as amylase.
Amylase breaks starch down into sugars.
Amylase breaks down starch molecules into sugar. It is produced in the salivary glands, the pancreas and the small intestine.
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.
When amylase breaks down starch, the product formed is maltose.