The chief enzyme found in yeast cells is ________.

Invertase

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Maltase

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Zymase

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Amylase

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Solution

The correct option is C Zymase

Yeast is a unicellular fungus, which carries out the process of anaerobic respiration called fermentation. In the fermentation carried out by yeast, glucose is incompletely metabolized to ethanol and carbon dioxide. The enzyme complex necessary for fermentation is zymase.
So, the correct answer is option C.

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