Enzymes

• What enzyme is responsible for the breaking down of carbohydrates?

  Carbohydrases
• name 2 carbohydrases from A and L

  Amylase and Lactase
• What is protein broken down by?

  Protease
• What are lipids broken down by?

  Lipase
• When simple sugars string together, what kinds of sugars do they form?

  Complex sugars, like starch.
• Amylase breaks carbs down to?

  Maltose
• How is maltose broken down to glucose?

  It is broken down by maltase, making two(no.) glucose molecules.
• What are the two main places you can find amylase, and how do they get there?

  Saliva and pancreas. Amylase is secreted by salivary glands into the mouth and by the pancreas into the small intestine.
• Protein is broken down by?

  Protease
• What are the two different protease in the stomach and small intestine, and why do they differ?

  The two different protease that act in the stomach and small intestine are pepsin and trypsin, respectively. The pepsin is specialised to work in the stomach, which has a ph level of 2, and trypsin for the small intestine which has a ph level of 8. Therefore, they cannot work in such different ph levels.
• Lipids are broken down by an enzyme called?

  Lipase
• What has to happen before the lipase breaks down the lipids? Describe the process.

  Emulsification. This entails a process where chemicals act on the food and break it down into small droplets of lipids.
• What does emulsification do for lipase?

  It gives it more surface area to act upon. It breaks it down into glycerol and fatty acids.