Which of the following enzymes is used to convert glucose into ethyl alcohol?

Diastase

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Maltase

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Zymase

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Invertase

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Solution

The correct option is A Zymase
Conversion of glucose to ethanol is called as ethanol fermentation and the reaction takes place in the presence of the enzyme zymase as:
$C_{6} H_{12} O_{6} + z y m a s e \to 2 C_{2} H_{5} O H + 2 C O_{2}$

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