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What individual molecule do you get when an enzyme breaks down a fat molecule?
A fat is an ester of three 'fatty acids' and glycerol.
Is bile an enzyme specifically used for the chemical breakdown of fat?
Bile is not an enzyme, but an emulsifying agent. It physically breaks down fat into smaller molecules, providing a greater surface area for the work of fat-digesting enzymes.
What enzyme begins the breakdown?
Lipase
What type of enzyme are digestive enzyme?
things like amylase which breaks down carbohydrates and lipase which breaks down fat/lipids. these are some types of digestive enzymes
What processes fat into a milky substance?
An enzyme called lipase breaks down fat into a milky like fluid.
What is the combining forms and suffixes and the meaning of the word lipase?
Lip- means fat and -ase means enzyme. The word means an enzyme that breaks down fat. Lipids are another word meaning fat. When a person goes for a metabolic panel, they get information on the amount of lipids in the blood. Mostly cholesterol and triglycerides. Glucase is an enzyme that breaks down glucose (blood sugar). Sucrase breaks down sucrose (table sugar). All enzymes end in -ase. The first part of the word is what they break down.
What enzyme is secreted in the small intestines?
explain the regulation of secretions of the small intestine
What breaks down fat?
Fat is broken down through a process called lipolysis, which involves the breakdown of triglycerides into fatty acids and glycerol by enzymes such as lipase. These fatty acids can then be utilized as energy by the body through a process called beta-oxidation.
What is the enzyme that breaks down fat in the small intestines?
The main enzyme that breaks down fat in the small intestines is called pancreatic lipase. This enzyme is produced by the pancreas and helps to break down dietary fats into smaller molecules like fatty acids and glycerol, which can then be absorbed by the body.
What enzyme speeds up the breakdown of food?
It varies for all the food groups. For fat/lipid lipase breaks down,for proteins pepsin breaks down and for carbohydrates amylase.
What enzyme breaks down fats?
Enzyme that break down fatty acids are called lipases. Bile is a substance made in our liver which contains salts that breaks down fat into smaller droplets. The pancreas also contains a substance called pancreatic juice which contains numerous enzymes that work to break down things such as fat, protein and starch.
Does bile breakdown globules of fat into tiny droplets?
compresses and emulsifies (breaks down) it.
