SB1e - Enzymes And Nutrition

Question 1

What is the enzyme that breaks down starch ? Where and what produced.

Answer 1

-Amylase
-Saliva and small intestine
-Breaking down starch to small sugars such as sucrose

Question 2

What is the enzyme that breaks down hydrogen peroxide ? Where and what produced

Answer 2

-Catalase
-Most cells but especially liver cells
-Water and oxygen from hydrogen peroxide formed in many cells reactions

Question 3

What is the name of the protein that synthesises glucose ? Where and what produced

Answer 3

Starch synthase
In plays
Synthesis of starch from glucose

Question 4

What is the name of the enzyme that synthesises DNA ?

Answer 4

Dna polymerase
Nucleus
Dna from its monomers