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Chemistry - Digestion - the enzyme-catalysed hydrolysis of proteins,
carbohydrates and fats

Digestion - the enzyme-catalysed hydrolysis of proteins, carbohydrates and
fats

Proteins, [1] fats and carbohydrates [2] are characterised by the and
functional groups respectively. Formed in the condensation reactions that
produce these major nutrients, [3] these functional groups are the sites of
the hydrolysis [4] reactions characteristic of digestion. Digestion of the
major nutrients is necessary because the molecules and polymer chains are
too large to pass directly from the digestive tract into the blood.

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