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You have the enzyme called as sucrase. This enzyme is present in the brush border of the cells from intestine. This enzyme splits one molecule of sucrose into one molecule of glucose and one molecule of fructose. This reaction takes place during absorption.

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Is sucrose a hydrolysis reaction or a condensation reaction?

Sucrose hydrolysis is a type of reaction where water is used to break down sucrose into its constituent monosaccharides, glucose, and fructose. It involves the addition of water to break a chemical bond. Thus, sucrose hydrolysis is a hydrolysis reaction.


What reaction produced monosaccharides?

Hydrolysis of polysaccharides is the reaction that produces monosaccharides.


What is produced from the hydrolysis of a disaccaride?

A disaccharide is two monosaccharides bound together by an ether linkage. Therefore, the product of hydrolysis of a disaccharide is two monosaccharides, or simple sugars as they are usually called. One reason reactions such as this are called "hydrolysis" reactions is because the reaction requires one molecule of water. Sucrose, or table sugar or cane sugar, is a disaccharide. The reaction of the hydrolysis of sucrose is: Sucrose + H2O -----> Glucose + Fructose (The reaction is catalyzed by acid in a lab and by the enzyme Sucrase in the human body. The hydrolysis is imperceptibly slow without acid. That is why sucrose doesn't hydrolyze when it's dissolved in plain water.)


What monosaccharides are formed upon hydrolysis what sucrose?

The hydrolysis of sucrose by the enzyme sucrase results in breaking the bond between glucose and fructose and forming new bonds from the atoms of water.


What type of chemical reaction hydrolysis or dehydration is required to break down sucrose to form these two monosaccharides?

Hydrolisis


What results from the hydrolysis of sucrose by the enzyme sucrase?

Sucrose in a disaccharide composed of one glucose and one fructose molecule. Upon hydrolysis the disaccharide is broken up into its constituent monosaccharaides, with a resulting loss of one molecule of water for each molecule of sucrose hydrolyzed.


What is the hydrolysis of disaccharides?

it takes place by the breaking apart of water. A water is broken apart to for a H- and an OH- which then, with the help of enzymes, pulls the 2 monosaccharides apart and gives each a part of the water to make them stable.


What is the product of hydrolysis of lactose and sucrose?

Hydrolysis of lactose yields glucose and galactose, while hydrolysis of sucrose yields glucose and fructose.


Are the products of sucrose hydrolysis reducing sugars?

No, sucrose is not a reducing agent. The disaccharide sucrose can be 'inverted' breaking the molecule into the monosaccharides glucose and fructose, both of which are reducing sugars. This is commonly done by enzymatic action.


What conditions are necessary for the hydrolysis of sucrose?

The hydrolysis of sucrose requires water and an acid or enzyme catalyst to break down the glycosidic bond between the glucose and fructose molecules in sucrose. The presence of heat can also speed up the hydrolysis process.


Why is sucrose boiled with an acid instead of an alkali?

Hydrolysis breaks the glycosidic bond, converting sucrose into glucose and fructose. Hydrolysis is, however, so slow that solutions of sucrose can sit for years with negligible change. If the enzyme sucrase is added, however, the reaction will proceed rapidly. Hydrolysis can also be accelerated with acids, such as cream of tartar or lemon juice, both weak acids. Similarly gastric acidity converts sucrose to glucose and fructose during digestion.


What Upon hydrolysis gives glucose and fructose?

Sucrose