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NEET 2002
Exam
NEET
Year
2002
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Digestion and Absorption

NEET 2002 · Zoology · Digestion and Absorption

Hydrolytic enzymes that act on low pH are called as:

Hydrolytic enzymes that act on low pH\mathrm{pH} are called as:

Options

  1. Aprotease
  2. Bα\alpha amylase
  3. Chydrolases
  4. Dperoxidase

Correct answer

C. hydrolases

Step-by-step solution

Hydrolases are hydrolytic enzymes, which catalyse the hydrolysis reaction by including water to break the bond and hydrolyse it. Lysosomes are the reservoirs of acid hydrolases showing optimum activity a pH 5.0 maintained within the lysosome. These include proteases. nucleases, glycosidases, lipase etc. Related Theory Hydrolases are enzymes that catalyse the cleavage of a covalent bond using water. Types of hydrolases include esterase, such as phosphatases, that act on ester bonds, and proteases or peptidases that act on amide bonds in peptides.
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