Answer:
Sucrase is an enzyme that breaks sucrose down into glucose and fructose.
Explanation:
The bonds between the glucose and fructose molecules making up the disaccharide sucrose break due to the enzyme sucrase, and water is added as
H
and
OH
to the two molecules. This is called a hydrolysis reaction.
Hydrolysis is a chemical reaction in which water (hydro) breaks (lysis) a chemical bond in a dimer (two molecules bonded) and polymer (many molecules bonded) by adding
H
to one molecule and
OH
to the other molecule.
