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Subject:
hydrolysis reactions
Category: Science Asked by: jjnavyboy-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
07 Mar 2005 23:17 PST
Expires: 07 Apr 2005 00:17 PDT Question ID: 486577 |
The subunits of virtually all organic molecules are joined by condensation reactions and can be broken apart by hydrolysis reactions. Why, then, does your digestive system produce separate enzymes to digest proteins, fats, and carbohydrates?in fact, several of each type? |
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Re: hydrolysis reactions
From: shockandawe-ga on 08 Mar 2005 06:54 PST |
kinetics. |
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Re: hydrolysis reactions
From: empbass-ga on 08 Mar 2005 14:45 PST |
the reason that RNA produces enzymes (A Protein) is because Enzymes speed up chemical reactions (Faster than hydrolysis). If it werent for these faster reactions, the human body could not absorb enough nutrients and would cease to exist. The reason different enzymes are produced is because each certain substrate has a certain shape on its active site. The enzyme produced by your body matches the indent of that shape so they fit like a lock and key. Most Enzymes only have one substraight that it can break down. |
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Re: hydrolysis reactions
From: charco-ga on 09 Mar 2005 00:19 PST |
It is just not true that virtually all subunits on organic structures can be broken apart by hydrolysis. There are some links such as amide and ester that are hydrolysed fairly easily but there are also functional groups that are not. The conditions required for hydrolysis are often too extreme for the inside of the body. It's true that the stomach contains strong acid but at the temperature of the body this would result in only very slow hydrolysis in certain cases. Enzymes are extremely efficient as they have evolved (or rather the body has evolved to produce them) to act stereospecifically at certain sites adn consequently the reactions are very fast. |
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