The amylase enzyme can only break down starch and not proteins. Why?

Q: What does an allosteric inhibitor molecule do? It causes the active site of an enzyme to have a high…

A: Introduction: A regulatory chemical known as an allosteric inhibitor binds to an enzyme's allosteric…

Q: You hear a fellow student say that the oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids requires exactly the…

A: Unsaturated fatty acids are fatty acids with double bond. Due to their double bond they are not…

Q: Why does everyone break down starch at different rates?

A: Starch is a substance that is not soluble in cold water. It is made up of two polymer chains that…

Q: Why is it more efficient to store energy as fat than as glycogen?

A: Energy is the main fuel for living beings, as all the physiology of body works only because of the…

Q: Insulin,    a hormone    release in large    part due to carbohydrate    consumption and subsequent…

A: Insulin is an essential hormone produced by beta cells of pancreatic islets. The insulin controls…

Q: n enzymatic hydrolysis, the bonds of starch are broken to obtain glucose.   How does this process…

A: Starch is a storage polysaccharide. Starch is the storage form of carbohydrate in plant. Starch is…

Q: Would lowering the ph of the enzyme solution affect the enzyme? Why or why not?

A: An enzyme is a substance which increases the rate of reaction by lowering its activation energy. The…

Q: Why can’t fatty acids be used to synthesize glucose?

A: Fatty acids refers to a long aliphatic chain of hydrocarbons along with carboxylic acid. It is an…

Q: As a monosaccharide goes through glycolysis, it must stay within the cell. _____ How are the…

A: Cells obtain energy from the glucose that is obtained from food. This is done by the process of…

Q: Suppose that the cells in a person's digestive system do not make lactase. What do you think would…

A: Digestive enzymes play vital role in the digestion of food that we eat. These are protenious in…

Q: Why does glycolysis operate only on carbohydrates?

A: Metabolism is a series of interconnected chemical reactions occurring within a cell and the chemical…

Q: Which enzymes may catalyze the transfer of an a-amino group from an α-amino acid to an α-ketoacid?…

A: Given: To find which enzymes catalyze the transfer of an a-amino group from an α-amino acid to an…

Q: What does it mean when an enzyme has the name synthase?

A: Enzymes are proteins that act as a biocatalyst that increases the rate of chemical reactions.…

Q: Why do cells need glucose?

A: Glucose (C6H12O6) is a simple sugar and one of the most abundant monosaccharides and a substantial…

Q: Carbohydrates illustrated in this image are being used for what purpose by the cell?

A: Used for cell to cell recognition mechanism.

Q: The rate-limiting enzyme of fatty acid synthesis pathway is

A: Fatty acids can be synthesized from carbs and amino acid when taken in excess. The enzymes required…

Q: Explain why cellulose is a necessary component of our diet even though we don’t digest it

A: Absorption is the breakdown of huge insoluble food molecules into little water-solvent food…

Q: Do other enzymes like peptidase also help break down polysaccharides? How and why?

A: Carbohydrates are the major source of energy for the body. These are sugars, dietary fibers, and…

Q: Why do cells need to make the catalase enzyme.

A: Catalase enzyme production is required by cells for several important reasons, the most important of…

Q: Why does a cell store carbohydrate as starch rather than glucose

A: The plant cell store carbohydrate as starch whereas animal cell store it in form of glycogen.…

Q: Why does glucose and sucrose  get metabolized but starch does not?

A: Ans - Degradation of starch to maltose is an exogenic reaction and should proceed spontaneously…

Q: When chewing white bread, a sweet flavor generally begins to develop and the bread tastes sweeter…

A: Bread is made up of carbohydrate called starch. It is polymer of glucose linked by α 1→4 glycosidic…

Q: Draw amylose and cellulose. Explain the differences Can we digest both molecules? Why or Why not?

A: Both Amylose and Cellulose are polysaccharides containing glucose residues.

Q: The Hell-Volhard Zelinsky reaction produces a product required for amino acid synthesis. True or…

A: Amino acids are compounds that contain alpha-amino and alpha-carboxylate functional groups together…

Q: Glucose is an energy-rich molecule. So why do body cells need ATP?

A: ATP stands for adenosine triphosphate, and glucose is an energy-rich molecule. Both are used by the…

Q: For each of the following sentences, fill in the blanks with the best word or phrase selected from…

A: Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fixed by plants (autotrophs) to make their own food and this…

Q: If a flask contained  2.5 mmol of starch, 1 mmol of amylase, and 1 mmol maltase with the appropriate…

A: Introduction  Carbohydrates are biomolecules composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. They…

Q: Does amylase enzyme help digest other substrates, like cellulose? How and why

A: Amylase is an enzyme, which is known to catalyze starch, any kind of polysaccharide, and complex…

Q: what is the function of amylase? What does amylase do to starch?

A: Amylase - Amylase is a type of enzyme. It is present in the mouth of humans and other organisms.…

Q: How would you expect the active site of a cellulase to differ from the active site of an enzyme that…

A: Cellulase : It is a molecule, consisting of hundreds- and sometimes even thousands-of carbon,…

Q: In the absence of sugar, what else can cells use to produce ATP

A: Glucose is one of the significant molecules that undergo cellular respiration and generates ATP.…

Q: How do enzymes function?  Why are they important to cell function?

A: Enzymes are proteinaceous molecules that work as a catalyst for a biological system. Catalysts speed…

Q: Identify the monosaccharides that are processed in glycolysis other than glucose. Ribose V Galactose…

A: Glycolysis  Conversion of glucose to pyruvate via a series of chemical reactions.

Q: Disaccharides like lactose can barely get through dialysis tubing, but CAN NOT move across a cell…

A: Answer : disaccharides are the substances which are made up of two monosaccharide sugar molecules…

Q: Which would be faster to metabolize starch glucose galactose

A: Metabolism is a set of chemical reactions through which what we consume through food through diet…

Q: Which of the following are components of glycogen? glucose and galactose O glucose and fructose…

A: Monosaccharides are the simplest carbohydrate units. These can contain any number of carbons.…

Q: Which of the following carbohydrates have two different types of glycosidic linkages present? more…

A: Glycosidic linkage is a chemical bond formed between two carbohydrate molecules or between…

Q: Why are enzymes needed in our cells?

A: Enzymes are the biological catalysts present in all living organisms. Enzymes are secreted by the…

Q: How can the fatty acid release energy in the cells

A: Fatty acids are components of lipids. They are a great source of energy, as their hydrolysis…

Q: The breakdown of sugar involves what type of reaction?

A:

Modes of Nutrition

It is a biological process of providing or obtaining food that is necessary for growth and health. It includes many physiological processes - absorption, ingestion, assimilation, catabolism, excretion, etc. In biology, the science that deals with nutrition's physiological and chemical processes are called "nutritional science."