Comparing E1100 - Alpha-Amylase vs E1102 - Glucose oxidase
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What does amylase break down?
It breaks down starch (amylose and amylopectin) by cleaving alpha-1,4-glycosidic bonds into shorter sugars such as maltose, maltotriose, and dextrins.
What does amylase do?
Alpha-amylase catalyzes the hydrolysis of starch into shorter, fermentable sugars; in foods it reduces starch viscosity and helps baking and brewing by generating sugars for yeast.
Where is amylase produced?
In humans it’s produced by the salivary glands and the pancreas; industrially (E1100) it’s made mainly by microbial fermentation (e.g., Bacillus or Aspergillus), and plants also produce it.
Where is amylase found?
It occurs in saliva and pancreatic secretions, in many plants and microorganisms, and in foods as a processing aid in baked goods, brewing, and starch syrups.
Is amylase an enzyme?
Yes—alpha-amylase (E1100) is an enzyme (a glycoside hydrolase) that breaks down starch.
What does glucose oxidase do?
It’s an enzyme that oxidizes glucose to D-glucono-delta-lactone (which becomes gluconic acid) while producing hydrogen peroxide and consuming oxygen; in foods it acts as an oxygen scavenger/antioxidant and can strengthen dough.
Cytochrome oxidase is used in which stage of the aerobic respiration of glucose?
Cytochrome c oxidase works in the electron transport chain (oxidative phosphorylation), the final stage of aerobic respiration; this is a different enzyme from the food additive glucose oxidase (E1102).
Glucose oxidase produces what?
Hydrogen peroxide and D-glucono-delta-lactone (which hydrolyzes to gluconic acid), while consuming oxygen.
How does glucose oxidase work?
It is an FAD-dependent oxidoreductase that binds beta-D-glucose, oxidizes it to D-glucono-delta-lactone, and reduces oxygen to hydrogen peroxide—removing oxygen and generating a mild antimicrobial oxidant.
How much hydrogen peroxide does glucose oxidase produce?
Stoichiometry is 1 mole of H2O2 per mole of glucose oxidized (about 34 mg H2O2 per mmol of glucose); in foods the actual amount formed depends on available glucose and oxygen and may be further decomposed or consumed.