Equipping People To Make Sense Of What They Are Told
Maltase is an enzyme that is the catalyst in the hydrolysis of disaccharide maltose
to the simple sugar form - glucose, and is found in plants, bacteria, yeast; and
in humans. Although the enzyme can be ingested in the diet, it is thought to be able
to be manufactured in the body by the mucus membrane lining in the intestinal wall.
When starch is eaten, it is partially digested and transformed to maltose by both
the saliva enzymes and pancreatic enzymes called amylases. The maltase secreted in
the intestines, then converts this maltose into a more ready usable sugar glucose,
or the glucose could also be stored in the liver for future use.
Maltase works at breaking down grain. For example, the sugar maltose is made from
two glucose molecules bonded together. The enzyme maltase is shaped in such a way
that it can break the bond and free the two glucose pieces. The only thing maltase
can do is break maltose molecules, but it can do that very rapidly and efficiently.
Other types of enzymes can put atoms and molecules together.
Breaking molecules apart and putting molecules together is what enzymes do, and there
is a specific enzyme for each chemical reaction needed to make the cell work properly.
Protease enzymes (also termed peptidase or proteinase) break down proteins. A protease
is any enzyme that conducts proteolysis, that is, begins protein catabolism by hydrolysis
of the peptide bonds that link amino acids together in the polypeptide chain forming
the protein.
Found in the stomach, pancreatic, and intestinal juices. Protease digests proteins.
The protease enzymes are a family of enzymes, which demonstrate the ability to breakdown
or hydrolyse protein.
The protease enzymes are also referred to as proteolytic enzymes, both endopeptidases
(e.g., pepsin, cathespins, papain) and exopeptidases (e.g., carboxypeptidases aminopeptidases,
dipeptidases.)
The protease enzymes are said to help:
Improve blood circulation.
Prevent abnormal blood clotting.
Reduce pain and inflammation associated with Phlebitis.
Alleviate the pain, inflammation, and discomfort of varicose veins.
Minimize muscle pain that occurs after exercise.
Minimize the inflammation and pain associated with Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid
Arthritis.
Alleviate the symptoms of Sinusitis.
Alleviate (reverse) Oedema.
Protease enzymes may be helpful for people with food allergies.
Sucrase is a number of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of sucrose to fructose
and glucose.
Sucrase is synthesised in the small intestine by the brush border, and secreted by
the tips of the villi epithelium, particularly in the duodenum.
