Biochemistry - Carbohydrate - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Carbohydrate - Section 1 (Q.No. 3)
3.
Humans are unable to digest
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Hema said:
1 decade ago
Generally for cellulose digestion we need cellulase enzyme. Human body does not contain cellulase enzyme. That is the reason why we can not eat grass but an cow does it, cow contains cellulase enzyme.
Ataria said:
1 decade ago
Humans lack cellulase enzyme which is present in ruminants.
Vipinvinny said:
1 decade ago
The enzyme present in human is @(alpha) amylase which can not break Beta 1-4 linkage which is present in Cellulose.
Shaaron said:
1 decade ago
Cellulose are only present in plants.
Edna said:
1 decade ago
Because human do not have cellolase - an enzyme that hydrolyze cellulose.
Philip said:
1 decade ago
Yeah, our body do not have enzymes for digesting cellulose while other mammals does, i.e. Ruminants.
Bankole said:
1 decade ago
This is because human system lack cellulase. It is present in ruminant animals.
Abhiram Rao said:
1 decade ago
The human body lacks in the enzyme cellulase, which is essential to convert cellulose into simpler form. Hence the humans cannot digest cellulose, unlike plants which do possess the enzyme cellulase.
Sop said:
1 decade ago
The body of a human does not have dna coding for enzymes that digest cellulose, these enzymes are found in animals that eat grass but not in humans.
Dyan said:
1 decade ago
Human does not have the enzyme cellulose, so we can't digest cellulose.
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