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Amylase is an enzyme that helps to digest starch into maltose
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Introduction Amylase is an enzyme that helps to digest starch into maltose. Enzymes are catalysts that speed up chemical reactions. They are grouped into three categories, Carbohydrases, Proteases, and Lipases. Carbohydrases include Amylase, which helps to digest starch, Lactase, which helps to digest Lactose, Sucrase, which helps to digest Sucrose, and Maltase, which helps to digest Maltose. Proteases include Pepsin and Trypsin, which help to digest proteins, and Chymotrypsin, which help to digest Polypeptides. Finally Lipases consists of Intestinal Lipase, which helps to digest some fats. Without them, bodily digestion would be too slow, and we would eventually starve to death. However, as all enzymes, amylase requires strict conditions for it to operate properly, such as temperature, concentration, and pH. I will try to find out what is the optimum temperature at which amylase functions most effectively. Prediction and hypothesis From the book "Key Science" by D. Applin, published by Stanley Thornes publishers...
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