Carbohydrase
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Carbohydrase is an enzyme that cleaves carbohydrates into simple sugars.
Carbohydrase acts on carbohydrates of which are made from the elements and carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. After reacting these elements are arranged into rings, where 1 ring is a monosaccharide, 2 rings are disaccharides, many rings are polysaccharides. (The greater number of rings, the less reactive the compound becomes) There are two main types of enzymes to speed reactions being: catabolism enzymes which break down molecules; anabolism enzymes of which build up a molecule from smaller molecules.
Carbohydrases
Carbohydrates + Water (with carbohydrase enzyme)--> Simple Sugars (such as glucose)
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[edit] Example
Maltase reduces maltose into glucose: C12H22O11 + H2O --> 2C6H12O6
Maltose + Water --> α-Glucose
