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Enzyme
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Amylase | This is found in saliva. If you put a starchy cracker in your mouth you can taste the starches being turned into sugars; the cracker will begin to taste sweet. |
| Lipase | This can’t function in the highly acidic stomach so it doesn't get added to the food until after it passes out of the stomach. |
| Pepsin | Human stomachs produce hydrochloric acid which has a pH of less than 2. This is perfect for the functioning of P...... this breaks down Proteins |
| Lactase | People whose bodies stop producing this enzyme become “lactose intolerant.” They lack the enzyme needed to break apart lactose |
| Catalyst | Controls the rate of reaction. |
| Active site | small port of an enzyme where substrate molecules bind and undergo a chemical reaction. |