sucrase
Sucrose-cleaving catalyst
Sucrase is an enzyme that breaks down sucrose (table sugar) into its component sugars, glucose and fructose.
It's produced in the small intestine and enables the body to absorb these simpler sugars.
People deficient in sucrase have difficulty digesting foods containing sucrose.
Digestive absorption organ
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- maltaseEnzyme cleaving malt sugar
- lactaseMilk sugar enzyme
- microvilliMicroscopic membrane protrusions
duodenum · jejunum · digestive tract · gut
Primary cellular fuel
- fructoseMonosaccharide in produce
- disaccharideTwo-monosaccharide compound
- monosaccharideSimplest carbohydrate form
- saccharideCarbohydrate unit
hexose · dextrose · sweetener · saccharose
Enzyme cleaving via water
- biocatalystOrganic reaction accelerator
- proteinFolded amino chain
- active siteEnzyme region binding substrates
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
specificity · kinetics · cofactor · reaction rate · catalysis · inhibitor · Michaelis-Menten · denaturation
Glucose metabolism producing ATP
- energy productionCreating usable power supply
- ATPCell's energy molecule
- cellular respirationCell-level fuel burning
small intestine
Digestive absorption organ
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- maltaseEnzyme cleaving malt sugar
- lactaseMilk sugar enzyme
microvilli · duodenum · jejunum · digestive tract · gut
glucose
Primary cellular fuel
- fructoseMonosaccharide in produce
- disaccharideTwo-monosaccharide compound
- monosaccharideSimplest carbohydrate form
saccharide · hexose · dextrose · sweetener · saccharose
hydrolase
Enzyme cleaving via water
- biocatalystOrganic reaction accelerator
- proteinFolded amino chain
- active siteEnzyme region binding substrates
substrate · specificity · kinetics · cofactor · reaction rate · catalysis · inhibitor · Michaelis-Menten · denaturation
glycolysis
Glucose metabolism producing ATP
- energy productionCreating usable power supply
- ATPCell's energy molecule
- cellular respirationCell-level fuel burning