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Amylase is an enzyme that breaks starch down into sugar. Amylase is present in human saliva, where it begins the chemical process of digestion.
An enzyme that breaks down starch found in spit.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 11y agoThis a time to explain that knowledge of medical terms is very helpful. The ending of the word: -ase means enzyme. All words ending in -ase are enzymes. The beginning of the word means: amyl-. This is what the enzyme works on. In this case a sugar called amyl-ose. Sucrase works on sucrose, lactase works on lactose. These substrates are not always sugars. Proteases work on proteins.
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∙ 13y agoAs far as suffixes go, remember that anything ending with an -ose is a carbohydrate and its corresponding enzyme ends in -ase. So, the amylase enzyme hydrolyzes amylose, a polysaccharide.
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∙ 13y agoan enzyme found in saliva that helps break down food and initiate the digestion process.
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∙ 14y agoIt breaks down starch into simple sugars.
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Enzyme that hydrolyzes carbohydrates?
amylase
What are enzyme's and what is the function of enzymes?
An enzyme is not a chemical, it is a protein that catalyzes reactions (makes reactions happen faster). An enzyme is a chemical in the body. It is capable of speeding up the body's chemical reaction to something. An example would be amylaze. Amylaze helps out with the digestive system. Amylaze is in your saliva, and when food goes in your mouth, it breaks starch down into simple sugar, since sugar goes into the cells more easily. Hope this helps, and good luck!!!! ♥♥♥, pinkcheerleader8
What enzyme is used to convert glucose to fructose in yeast?
Amylaze breaks down the starch and all the food in your mouth at the very start of digestion.
Is maltase a carbohydrate?
No.Shortly, maltose is a disaccharide formed from 2 glucose molecules attached to each other with an alpha 1-4 glycosidic bond, and maltase is an enzyme - biological catalyst that brakes maltose molecule to 2 gcucose molecules.
What happens when iodine reacts with starch that has been digested with amylase?
When iodine is added to an amylaze enzyme activity in an experiment such as a agar plate with wells, it does two things. When tested with starch, the color of the liquid will turn a brownish-yellowish color meaning that enzyme reactions had occured. Also on a well agar plate the idione will repel in a circle around the well. most of the time around 2 cm in diameter.
What role does saliva play in the digestive system?
Saliva produces an enzyme called ptyalin,which helps in the digestion of proteins. The saliva also help to kill the germs that enter through food.apart from this the saliva also mixes with the food making it soft and easy to swallow and helps break down the food.
