Enzymes & Nutrition Flashcards
What does a catalyst do?
Speeds up the breaking of proteins
An enzyme is a what?
(Biological) catalyst
What is a catalyst?
A chemical
What are enzymes?
Proteins that help a reaction speed up without being changed in the reaction itself
What do some enzymes do?
Some help break down large substances into smaller molecules
Some help small chemicals join together to make larger ones
What is it called when an enzyme breaks down a large substance into smaller molecules?
Digestion
What is it called when enzymes help smaller chemicals to form bigger ones?
Synthesis
What do bacteria release into their environments?
Digestive enzymes
Where is amylase found?
Saliva
Small intestine
Where is catalase found?
Most cells
Especially liver cells
Where is starch synthase found?
In plants
Where is DNA polymerase found?
Nucleus
What does amylase do?
Breaks down starches into small sugars
What does starch synthase do?
Synthesis of starch from glucose
What does DNA polymerase do?
Synthesis of DNA from its monomers
