What can the enzyme sucrase break down?

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.