what does enzyme maltase do?

Answer 1

digests the sugar maltose.

Answer 2

Maltase Enzyme

Answer 3

is one enzyme produced by the cells lining the small intestine to break down disaccharides. It comes under the enzyme category carbohydrase (which is a subcategory of hydrolase), and the disaccharide it hydrolyses is maltose.

Maltase is secreted by the surface cells of the villi, which are thin projections on the mucosa. These are found throughout the small intestine, but differ in shape in the duodenum and ileum sections.

The maltase works like any other enzyme, with the substrate (maltose) binding with the active site. When the maltose had binded with the maltase, the former is hydrolysed, that is to say it is split into its component parts, i.e. two molecules of α-glucose. This is done by breaking the glycosidic bond between the 'first' carbon of one glucose, and the 'fourth' carbon of the other (a 1-4 bond).

Answer 4

Maltase (EC 3.2.1.20) is one enzyme produced by the cells lining the small intestine to break down disaccharides. It comes under the enzyme category carbohydrase (which is a subcategory of hydrolase), and the disaccharide it hydrolyses is maltose.

Maltase is secreted by the surface cells of the villi, which are thin projections on the mucosa. These are found throughout the small intestine, but differ in shape in the duodenum and ileum sections.

The maltase works like any other enzyme, with the substrate (maltose) binding with the active site. When the maltose had binded with the maltase, the former is hydrolysed, that is to say it is split into its component parts, i.e. two molecules of α-glucose. This is done by breaking the glycosidic bond between the 'first' carbon of one glucose, and the 'fourth' carbon of the other (a 1-4 bond).

Answer 5

the enzyme maltase breaks down maltose into two molecules of glucose. Normally the best way to work out what an enzyme breaks down by looking at its word ending....ase means its the enzyme whereas ose is the product to be broken down...for example amylase(enzyme) breaks down amylose and sucrase breaks down sucrose

Answer 6

enzyme which breaks down - digests the carbohydrate maltose Maltase (EC 3.2.1.20) is one enzyme produced by the cells lining the small intestine to break down disaccharides. It comes under the enzyme category carbohydrase (which is a subcategory of hydrolase), and the disaccharide it hydrolyses is maltose.

Answer 7

The simplist way i can put it is that maltase is an enzyme secreted by cells lining the small intestine. it digests Maltose (which is a disaccaride) to two molecules of glucose.

Answer 8

Maltase is a salvary and pancreatic enzyme which acts on maltose, and coverts it to glucose.