AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sucrose is converted into glucose and fructose by the enzyme, invertase, and these two monosaccharides readily enter the glycolytic pathway. Glucose and fructose are phosphorylated to give rise to glucose-6-phosphate by the activity of the enzyme hexokinase.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sucrose can be hydrolyzed to glucose and fructose by invertase enzyme (Fig. 6.11). It has optimum activity at pH 4.5 and 55°C (Neumann and Oliver Lampen, 1967). Invertase enzyme and acid hydrolysis produce invert sugar.

Detailed explanation-3: -Invertase is an enzyme that is widely distributed among plants and microorganisms and that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the disaccharide sucrose into glucose and fructose.

Detailed explanation-4: -sucrase, also called Invertase, any member of a group of enzymes present in yeast and in the intestinal mucosa of animals that catalyze the hydrolysis of cane sugar, or sucrose, to the simple sugars glucose and fructose.

Detailed explanation-5: -Invertase breaks the sucrose into hexoses as a source of energy and carbon. It has also been reported that this enzyme is involved in the process of cell differentiation and plant development. Progress has been made for the understanding of invertase activity and its role in sugarcane plant.