DarrenOH97 Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Hi, some help with this question would be much appreciated! What enzymes can digest cellulose? A: mammalian cellulase B: bacterial cellulase C: mammalian and bacterial cellulase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Hi, some help with this question would be much appreciated! What enzymes can digest cellulose? A: mammalian cellulase B: bacterial cellulase C: mammalian and bacterial cellulase What does the suffix -ase tell you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrenOH97 Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 What does the suffix -ase tell you? yeah.. I guess my question really is does mammalian cellulase exist? couldnt find any record of it after extensive searching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 (edited) Are there any mammalian cellulases? Edit: Cross posted. Edited April 22, 2017 by John Cuthber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Function Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 You could google it Then again, what's the point of a forum ... No, we don't have "cellulases". If you eat a lot of e.g. red berries, which have cellulose in their peel, you'd excrete them again - as such. If you don't bite them, don't expect anything of the berry to be absorbed by your intestines. Bacteria might have cellulase, I guess ... But I'm not sure. I'm only certain that we don't. Excessive cellulose ingestion might thus cause an osmotic diarrhoea (I'm not sure if that's written correctly; I find the spelling of that word disturbingly odd). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 It depends whether you consider the cellulase is produced by a ruminant or the commensal bacteria within them because you can say "Yes, ruminants can break down cellulose" but, in reality, it's the bacteria. Strictly speaking, mammals can't break it down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabcockHall Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Hi, some help with this question would be much appreciated! What enzymes can digest cellulose? A: mammalian cellulase B: bacterial cellulase C: mammalian and bacterial cellulase @OP, When you post a question, please give us what you have done so far and your thoughts, as opposed to dumping a problem. However, it is clear from your later comments that you have done some searching. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now