Information about Zymase
Zymase is an enzyme complex that catalyzes glycolysis, the fermentation of sugar into ethanol and carbon dioxide. As the conversion takes place, the reaction will gradually slow down. They occur naturally in yeasts. See alcohol dehydrogenase.
Zymase was first isolated from the yeast cell in 1897 by a German chemist named Eduard Buchner who fermented sugar in the laboratory. A British chemist by the name of Sir Arthur Harden divided zymase into two varieties dialyzable and nondialyzable in 1905.
Zymase is also the brand name of the generic enzyme mixture pancrelipase, a dietary supplement containing the enzymes amylase, peptidase, and lipase. It is sold to help digestion in people who do not produce enough of their own digestive enzymes.
Zymase was first isolated from the yeast cell in 1897 by a German chemist named Eduard Buchner who fermented sugar in the laboratory. A British chemist by the name of Sir Arthur Harden divided zymase into two varieties dialyzable and nondialyzable in 1905.
Zymase is also the brand name of the generic enzyme mixture pancrelipase, a dietary supplement containing the enzymes amylase, peptidase, and lipase. It is sold to help digestion in people who do not produce enough of their own digestive enzymes.
Enzymes are proteins that catalyze (i.e. accelerate) chemical reactions.[1] In enzymatic reactions, the molecules at the beginning of the process are called substrates, and the enzyme converts them into different molecules, the products.
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Embden-Meyerhof pathway, initially explained by Gustav Embden and Otto Meyerhof. The term can be taken to include alternative pathways, such as the Entner-Doudoroff Pathway. However, glycolysis will be used here as a synonym for the Embden-Meyerhof pathway.
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Fermentation is a process of energy production in a cell under anaerobic conditions (with no oxygen required). In common usage fermentation is a type of anaerobic respiration, however a more strict definition exists which defines fermentation as respiration under anaerobic
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Sugars, brown
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 0 kcal 0 kJ
Carbohydrates 97.33 g
- Sugars 96.21 g
- Dietary fiber 0 g
Fat 0 g
Protein 0 g
Water 1.77 g
Thiamin (Vit. B1) 0.
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Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 0 kcal 0 kJ
Carbohydrates 97.33 g
- Sugars 96.21 g
- Dietary fiber 0 g
Fat 0 g
Protein 0 g
Water 1.77 g
Thiamin (Vit. B1) 0.
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Ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol, drinking alcohol or grain alcohol, is a flammable, colorless, slightly toxic chemical compound, and is best known as the alcohol found in alcoholic beverages.
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Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom. It is a gas at standard temperature and pressure and exists in Earth's atmosphere in this state.
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Ascomycota (sac fungi)
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- Saccharomycotina (true yeasts)
- Taphrinomycotina
- Schizosaccharomycetes (fission yeasts)
- Urediniomycetes
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Alcohol dehydrogenases (EC 1.1.1.1 ) are a group of seven dehydrogenase enzymes that occur in many organisms and facilitate the interconversion between alcohols and aldehydes or ketones.
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Eduard Buchner
Eduard Buchner
Born May 20 1860
Munich, Germany
Died July 13 1917 (aged 57)
Munich, Germany
Residence Germany
Nationality German
Field Biochemistry
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Eduard Buchner
Born May 20 1860
Munich, Germany
Died July 13 1917 (aged 57)
Munich, Germany
Residence Germany
Nationality German
Field Biochemistry
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Arthur Harden
Born September 12 1865
Manchester, England
Died May 17 1940 (aged 76)
Bourne End, England
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Born September 12 1865
Manchester, England
Died May 17 1940 (aged 76)
Bourne End, England
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Pancrelipase is a form of enzyme therapy for the treatment of various digestive disorders, primarily Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. It is a mixture of three digestive enzymes, amylase, protease (peptidase), and lipase, which are normally produced by the pancreas.
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dietary supplement (also known as food supplement) is intended to supply nutrients, (vitamins, minerals, fatty acids or amino acids) that are missing or not consumed in sufficient quantity in a person's diet.
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Amylase is the name given to glycoside hydrolase enzymes that break down starch into glucose molecules. Amylase is also known as Ptyalin. Although the amylases are designated by different Greek letters, they all act on α-1,4-glycosidic bonds.
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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.
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lipase is a water-soluble enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ester bonds in water–insoluble, lipid substrates[1]. Lipases thus comprise a subclass of the esterases.
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Digestion is the process of metabolism whereby a biological entity processes a substance in order to chemically and mechanically convert the substance for the body to use.
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Overview
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