Learn About Enzymes

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Enzymes are molecules - mostly protein - which alter the speed of chemical reactions in living things.

There are thousands of enzymes in your body - it could not function without them.

 

Some enzymes need an extra substance, called a coenzyme, to work. Many coenzymes are vitamins.

Most enzymes have names ending in 'ase', such as lygase, protease and lipase.

 

Pacemaker enzymes play a vital role in controlling your metabolism - the rate your body uses energy.

One of the most important enzyme groups is that of the messenger RNAs, which are used as communicators by the nuclei of body cells (see cells)

 

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Many enzymes are essential for the digestion of food, including lipase, protease, amylase, and the peptidases. Many of these are made in the pancreas.

Lipase is released mainly from the pancreas into the alimentary canal (gut) to help break down fat.

 

Amylase breaks down starches such as those in bread and fruit into simple sugars (see carbohydrates). There is amylase in saliva and in the stomach.

In the gut, the sugars maltose, sucrose and lactose are broken down by maltase, sucrase and lactase.

 

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