2.29 Role of digestive enzymes

Question 1

What are carbohydrases? Which are the 2 main ones?

Answer 1

Carbohydrases are enzymes that break down carbohydrates into simple sugars
- The 2 main ones are amylase and maltase

Question 2

What is amylase?

Answer 2

It is a carbohydrase that breaks down starch into maltose, Amylase is made in the salivary glands, the pancreas, and the small intestine.

Question 3

What is maltase?

Answer 3

A carbohydrase that breaks down maltose into glucose. Made in the intestines

Question 4

What are proteases? Which are the 2 main ones?

Answer 4

Proteases are groups of enzymes that breaks down proteins into amino acids
-The 2 main ones are Pepsin and protease

Question 5

What is pepsin?

Answer 5

An ezyme made in the stomach which breaks down proteins into smaller polypeptide chains

Question 6

What is protease?

Answer 6

An enzyme made in the pancreas and small intestine which breaks down polypeptide chains into amino acids

Question 7

What are Lipase enzymes?

Answer 7

Lipases break down lipids into glycerol and fatty acids

Question 8

What is lipase?

Answer 8

An enzyme produced in the pancreas and secreted into the small intestine which breaks down lipids into 1 glycerol and 3 fatty acid chains