Question

The hydrolytic action of the following enzyme produces pentose sugar

• A. Amylase
• B. Sucrase
• C. Nucleotidase
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is C Nucleotidase

(A) Amylase results in the hydrolysis of starch into maltose which is a disaccharide of glucose.

(B) Sucrase results into the hydrolysis of sucrose into fructose and glucose, they are 6 carbon sugars.

(C) Nucleotidase cleaves the nucleotides, resulting in a nucleoside and phosphate groups. The nucleoside is made up of 5 carbon sugar called ribose.

Hence, the correct answer is 'Nucleotidase'.