biology - using enzymes

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How are enzymes used in washing powders?
biological washing powders contains enzymes, they work better at lower temperatures, they work well in tap water as it is about pH 7, but hard water could damage the enzymes.
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what is cheese made from?
a substance called rennet
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where is rennet found?
the lining of a calfs stomach
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how is rennet substituted?
it is replaced by chymosin
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what is chymosin?
the genes responsible for chymosin were isolated from a calfs stomach cells and put into yeast which then is grown on an industrial scale for chymosin.
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how do chymosin and rennet work?
it clots the milk - creating cheese
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the enzyme invertase is used for what?
sweet manufacturing
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how does invertase work?
it changes sucrose into glucose and fructose,which tastes sweeter
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how is invertase naturally produced?
by a yeast called- saccharomyces cerevisiae
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