Wednesday 10 January 2018

ENZYMES

                                ENZYMES

Digestive organ produce chemicals called Enzymes , which break the bonds in food molecules to turn the long chair molecules to turn the long chain molecules into smaller units. There are many different enzymes , each one specialized to break down a particular types of food molecules. The enzyme sucrase.
 For example - break down sucrose (table sugar) in the intestine.

 ATTACH 

 A carbohydrate molecule attaches to a part of the enzymes, molecule called the active enzyme.



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  SPLIT

 The active site breaks bond in carbohydrate molecule ,splitting it into sorters chain.

 RELEASE

The enzymes release the molecule and picks up another . An enzymes can split  10,000 food molecules a second.
  

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