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What must your bodies do to sucrose before your cells can use it?

Before our body cells can use cells they have to extract all the sucrose nutrients and place them in the pancreas for the hydrolization process which then transforms sucrose into another less sweet sugar so it can be digested after that it is placed in the heart and stored there to be used as energy


What do yeast cells need to break apart sucrose?

Yeast cells need the enzyme invertase to break apart sucrose into its constituent sugars, glucose and fructose. This enzyme hydrolyzes the glycosidic bond linking the two sugars in sucrose, releasing the individual sugars that yeast can then metabolize.


What are the emperical formulas for maltose sucrose and lactose?

The empirical formula for maltose is C12H22O11, for sucrose it is C12H22O11, and for lactose it is C12H22O11. This means that all three sugars have the same empirical formula.


What do plants use to load sucrose?

Plants use an ekectrogenic pump, a proton pump and a con transport protein to load sucrose. The sucrose is produced by photosynthesis that turn into specialized cells in the veins of their leaves.


Why is it that when you put a potato in a high concentration of sucrose solution does its weight decrease?

This is because the potato, which is mostly water, is in a hypertonic solution (a solution with less water and more solute --here, sucrose-- than the potato). Since the solutions want to reach equilibrium (equal amounts of sucrose and water in both the solution and the potato), water diffuses out of the potato and sucrose diffuses into it. The potato loses its water weight, and sucrose doesn't replace the weight lost, the potato weighs less.

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In this experiment there was a positive sucrose uptake Sucrose probably entered the cells by what means?

Sucrose likely entered the cells through a process called facilitated diffusion, which involves the use of specific carrier proteins to transport the molecule across the cell membrane. The carrier proteins help move the sucrose down its concentration gradient into the cells without requiring energy input from the cell.


Loaded in if sucrose is actively loaded into sieve tube?

Yes, sucrose is actively loaded into sieve tubes by companion cells that pump sucrose from the photosynthetic cells into the sieve tubes. This process requires energy and allows for long-distance transport of sucrose through the phloem.


Why would sucrose be mixed with yeast cells?

oxygen


What must your bodies do to sucrose before your cells can use it?

Before our body cells can use cells they have to extract all the sucrose nutrients and place them in the pancreas for the hydrolization process which then transforms sucrose into another less sweet sugar so it can be digested after that it is placed in the heart and stored there to be used as energy


How red blood cell behave in sucrose solution?

When red blood cells are placed in a sucrose solution, water will move out of the cells through the process of osmosis. This causes the red blood cells to shrink and become dehydrated, a process known as crenation. If the concentration of sucrose is too high, it can lead to irreversible damage and destruction of the red blood cells.


What does sucrose mean?

It means, literally, "full of sugar".


Can sucrose enter the cells by osmosis?

No, sucrose cannot enter cells by osmosis. Osmosis is the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration. Sucrose is a large molecule and cannot pass through the cell membrane via osmosis.


What do yeast cells need to break apart sucrose?

Yeast cells need the enzyme invertase to break apart sucrose into its constituent sugars, glucose and fructose. This enzyme hydrolyzes the glycosidic bond linking the two sugars in sucrose, releasing the individual sugars that yeast can then metabolize.


Is sucrose a salt?

No.


What is worksheet means and how is that different from a chart?

The Worksheet is the grid of cells, in columns and rows, where you input your data. A chart is a simplified visualization of the data which was entered on the grid.


Is sucrose hypertonic?

Yes, sucrose is considered hypertonic because it has a higher solute concentration compared to the solution it is placed in, causing water to move out of the cells through osmosis.


What is the base word for sucrose?

The root word is sucr- which means sugar. The suffix is -ose and means having the pattern of. Sucrose then means having the pattern (form ) of sugar. In Chemistry -ose is found at the end of words that are sugars or carbohydrates.