BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

Detailed explanation-1: -Glucose is a simple sugar, or monosaccharide. It’s your body’s preferred carb-based energy source ( 1 ). Monosaccharides are made up of one single unit of sugar and thus cannot be broken down into simpler compounds. They’re the building blocks of carbohydrates.

Detailed explanation-2: -Once glucose is in the body, it travels through the blood and to energy-requiring tissues. There, glucose is broken down in a series of biochemical reactions releasing energy in the form of ATP. The ATP derived from these processes is used to fuel virtually every energy-requiring process in the body.

Detailed explanation-3: -When the stomach digests food, the carbohydrate (sugars and starches) in the food breaks down into another type of sugar, called glucose. The stomach and small intestines absorb the glucose and then release it into the bloodstream.

Detailed explanation-4: -The majority of sugar digestion occurs in the intestine. Various enzymes are specific to certain sugars. For instance, the enzyme lactase breaks down lactose into the monosaccharides glucose and galactose. Other enzymes include maltase, sucrase and isomaltase, which digest maltose, sucrose and isomaltose, respectively.