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3.3.3.1 Proteins - Enzymes and Digestion Flashcards

1
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The 2 stages of digestion humans are…

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Physical breakdown by teeth or stomach churning

Chemical digestion by enzymes

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What is the function of the pancreas?

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Releases pancreatic juice onto food, as it exits the stomach, which contains proteases, lipases and carbohydrases

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3
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Give some examples of proteases involved in digestion

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Endopeptidase

Exopeptidase

Dipeptidase

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What is the function of teeth?

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To physically break down food and increase its surface area

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What is meant by chemical digestion?

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When large food molecules are hydrolysed into smaller molecules by enzymes

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6
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Give some examples of carbohydrases involved in digestion

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Salivary Amylase
Pancreatic Amylase
Maltase
Sucrase
Lactase
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7
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Name the cell membrane-bound protease

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Dipeptidase

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Bile salts are produced by the…

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Liver

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What is the function of maltase?

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To break down maltose into 2 alpha-glucose molecules

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What is the function of the stomach?

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Produces proteases for protein digestion

Churns food to physically break it down

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What is the function of salivary amylase?

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To hydrolyse starch into maltose

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What is the function of lipase?

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To hydrolyse the ester bonds in triglycerides to give fatty acids and monoglycerides

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How does the body break down maltose?

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The lining of the ileum has maltase enzymes bound to their membranes

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What is the function of exopeptidases?

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To hydrolyse the peptide bonds at the ends of peptide molecules, which releases amino acids and dipeptides

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Name the 3 membrane bound disaccharides…

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Maltase

Sucrase

Lactase

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What is the function of dipeptidases?

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To hydrolyse the peptide bonds between dipeptides.

They are membrane bound enzymes

17
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What is the function of the ileum (small intestine)?

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Produces enzymes to digest food

Absorbs the products of digestion into the blood

18
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What is the function of the oesophagus?

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To carry food from the mouth to the stomach

19
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What is the function of the large intestine?

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To absorb water

20
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What is meant by egestion?

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The removal of faeces via the anus

21
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What is the function of bile salts?

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To emulsify large lipid molecules into smaller lipid micelles. To increase the surface area that lipase can act on

22
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What is the function of lactase?

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To hydrolyse the glycosidic bond in a lactose molecule to give glucose and galactose

23
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What is the function of pancreatic amylase?

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To hydrolyse starch in the ileum that was not broken down in the mouth

24
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How does physical breakdown aid digestion?

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Creates a larger surface area for enzymes to act on

Makes food easier to ingest (swallow)

25
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Starch is not digested when food enters the stomach. Why?

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The salivary amylase enzymes are denatured by the hydrochloric acid in the stomach

26
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What is the function of endopeptidases?

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To hydrolyse the central peptide bonds in a large protein molecule to give smaller peptide molecules

27
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Name the 3 categories of enzymes

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Carbohydrases

Proteases

Lipases

28
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Which type of bond does amylase break?

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Alpha 1-4 glycosidic bonds

29
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What is meant by hydrolysis?

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When a water molecule is added to a molecule to break a chemical bond.

30
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What is the function of sucrase?

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To hydrolyse the glycosidic bond in a sucrose molecule to give glucose and fructose.

31
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Which enzyme is produced by the salivary glands?

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Salivary amylase

32
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Enzymes are secreted by..

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Glands

33
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What is the function of the rectum?

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The final section of the intestines which stores faeces

34
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What is a monoglyceride

A

A glycerol molecule with 1 fatty acid attached

35
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Name the 3 proteases (peptidases) that are involved in protein digestion

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Endopeptidases

Exopeptidase

Dipeptidase

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