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    Enzymes play an important role in digestion by breaking down large food molecules into smaller molecules that can be absorbed by cells. Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts, speeding up chemical reactions like hydrolysis without being changed themselves. They have a highly specific 3D shape that allows them to break bonds within larger molecules. During digestion, enzymes hydrolyze macronutrients and other food molecules into their basic components through a process of breaking chemical bonds, allowing the resulting smaller molecules to be transported into cells.

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    Enzymes play an important role in digestion by breaking down large food molecules into smaller molecules that can be absorbed by cells. Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts, speeding up chemical reactions like hydrolysis without being changed themselves. They have a highly specific 3D shape that allows them to break bonds within larger molecules. During digestion, enzymes hydrolyze macronutrients and other food molecules into their basic components through a process of breaking chemical bonds, allowing the resulting smaller molecules to be transported into cells.

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    Enzymes play an important role in digestion by breaking down large food molecules into smaller molecules that can be absorbed by cells. Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts, speeding up chemical reactions like hydrolysis without being changed themselves. They have a highly specific 3D shape that allows them to break bonds within larger molecules. During digestion, enzymes hydrolyze macronutrients and other food molecules into their basic components through a process of breaking chemical bonds, allowing the resulting smaller molecules to be transported into cells.

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    Nutrition in Humans:

    Lesson 2
    Role of Enzymes in Digestion
    BIG IDEA…

    Concept: Relationships
    1. All relationships are purposeful

    2. Everything is related in some way; structure is


    related to function.

    3. Relationships may change over time.


    Lesson 2:

    What are enzymes?

    What is the role of enzymes in


    digestion?

    Properties of enzymes
    Recall: Biological Molecules

    • Qn: How are biological molecules found in


    macronutrients broken down into their
    basic components?

    • Ans: Hydrolysis occurs, in the presence


    of an enzyme, to break the chemical
    bonds within a larger molecule to form
    smaller units.
    Worksheet 2 Page 1

    Breaking down of food:


    https://
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTCdcs8gGg
    Worksheet 2 Page 1

    Digestion is the process where large


    food molecules are hydrolysed/broken
    down into smaller, soluble molecules that
    can be absorbed into cells.

    Recall: Why must molecules be small in


    order to be transported into cells?
    Worksheet 2 Page 2

    How do enzymes help in the hydrolysis of


    food molecules?
    Analogy: Lock and key
    What makes this possible?
    Worksheet 2 Page 2

    How do enzymes help in the hydrolysis of


    food molecules?

    Observe the simulation of enzyme action


    and answer the questions in the worksheet.
    Enzymes

    Enzymes are biological catalysts

    A catalyst is a substance that:

    alters or speeds up a chemical reaction


    without itself being chemically changed at the end of
    the reaction
    Recap: Properties of Enzymes

    1. Enzymes are protein in nature


    2. Enzymes speed up chemical reactions.
    3. Enzymes are remain unchanged at the end of
    a reaction, thus they are required in minute
    amounts.
    4. Enzymes are highly specific in action.
    – Each chemical reaction inside a cell is
    catalysed by one enzyme.
    – An enzyme is specific due to its complex
    three-dimensional shape (3-D
    shape)

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