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Trypsin is a protease produced in an inactive form in some cells of the pancreas. Suggest the advantage of producing it in an inactive form?

Trypsin is a protease that acts in the small intestine to digest proteins. The advantage of it being produced inactive form in the pancreas is so that it doesn't digest pancreatic proteins. This means it ...

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Answered by Sarah A. Biology tutor
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How do organisms generate ATP?

Plants - harness light energy into chemical energy of ATP (photosynthesis) Eukaryotes- extract high energy electrons from fuels (mostly sugars) to synthesise ATP. This process is called oxidative ...

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Answered by Mihai P. Biology tutor
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How are glucose molecules absorbed in the gut?

Food consists of many types of molecules, these are: polysaccharides (a chain of single molecular units); dissacharides (a pair of single molecular units) and monosaccharides (the individual units themsel...

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What is the difference between meiosis and mitosis?

Function: Mitosis is used in the replication of body cells. It occurs every day to replace cells that have died or have been damaged, for growth and also in asexual reproduction. Meiosis is used to produc...

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Why do mutations makes it difficult to create a vaccine ? (4 marks - has the potential to be worth more in an exam)

If the mutation rate is high then this can change the DNA composition of the cells. If the DNA changes then so do all the protiens in the cell. This is becauase DNA codes for all the protiens in the cell....

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