Question #89a00
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May 1, 2017
The food we eat comes from living things which in turn are made of cells. These cells contain different kinds of molecules which need different kind of enzymes to digest them as enzymes to digest them
Explanation:
The biological molecules can be categorized into proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids. Since enzymes are specific, meaning each enzymes works on one kind of molecule only, them there must be an enzyme for each kind of molecule we eat to digest it. Digestive enzymes are categorized just like the types of molecules they digest, There are protease enzymes that digest proteins, carbohydrases to digest carbs, lipases for lipids and nucleases for nucleic acids.
