Multiple ChoiceAmylase is an enzyme that breaks down starch. Why can the same enzyme not break down cellulose?
Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following components of a tossed salad will pass through the human digestive tract and be digested the least?
Open QuestionThe enzyme amylase can break glycosidic linkages between glucose monomers only if the monomers are in the αform. Which of the following could amylase break down?a. glycogen, starch, and amylopectinb. glycogen and cellulosec. cellulose and chitind. starch, chitin, and cellulose
Open QuestionA glucose molecule is to starch as (Explain your answer.)a. a steroid is to a lipid.b. a protein is to an amino acid.c. a nucleic acid is to a polypeptide.d. a nucleotide is to a nucleic acid.
Open QuestionWhat type of bond is formed between two sugars in a disaccharide?a. glycosidic linkageb. phosphodiester bondc. peptide bondd. hydrogen bond