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Enzymes are biological catalysts that speed up chemical reactions. Each one is unique therefore each one will bread down different types of chemicals. It breaks down starch into glucose>

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Do enzymes always break things apart or do they ever put things together?

Enzymes can only BREAK DOWN things. Whether its food, chemicals, etc. The point of enzymses are TO break things down.


What feature contains Digestive enzymes which break things down?

Lysosomes


Saliva in your mouth is an example of an enzyme because?

It breaks down things such as food. (enzymes break things down)


What would happen to an organism with defective enzymes?

They would not live vary long. enzymes break things down like nutrients in the body. Your saliva is an example of an enzyme. Without enzymes your body couldn't break down the things that it needs to in order for it to survive.


Enzymes that destroy things are called what?

First of all enzymes dont 'destroy'. They break down molecules to simpler ones. These are called breaker enzymes.


What does mitochondria use to break down carbohydrates?

Enzymes are used to break them down. There are many enzymes


What enzymes are required for digestion?

Many sorts of enzymes at different parts of the system. In the mouth enzymes to break down sugars, in the stomach enzymes to break down proteins and in the small intestine enzymes to break down fats and sugars.


What enzymes break down gelatin?

Protease enzymes


What is needed to break fats down?

Enzymes are needed to break fats down.


Which enzymes break down gravy?

Gravy is a protein based liquid and so the enzyme that breaks it down is protease, this is the same case as blood, egg or sweat.


What are the enzymes in a cell that help to break material down in a cell?

those enzymes would be in the lysosomes of the cell they would be things like amylase (breaks starch down) and pepsin (amino acids) and things like lipase (lipids)


How do mitochondria break down nutrients?

Enzymes are used for it. There are specific enzymes