Question

a particular molecule in the body is known to catalyze the breakdown of lactose sugar into galactose and glucose monomers. how is this molecule classified?

Answer 1

so the molecule is lactase. lactose, a sugar in milk, is composed of one glucose molecule joined by a glycosidic linkage to one galactose molecule. DNA nucleotides contain a different sugar than RNA nucleotides.

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