Biology Help

[Fabian920]

Rogorahar bichos y gogos?

Sorry to be a bother you guys, also sorry in advance for me poopty engrish.

I am taking Biology right now and I have a quick question(s).

|Okay, first. I know that enzymes are used to break down food into glucose. T/F?| - Closed
I read about this, our body actually has 1,500 enzymes that do their own specific tasks. Also enzymes are proteins but not all proteins are enzymes. Scientists added suffix -ase to identify enzymes.

Next, does each food have to have a specific enzyme to break it down/ does each food group have an enzyme to break it down or are enzymes just one of a kind that simplify all foods?

Also, monosaccharides, are they found in every food group? Seeing as they are basically sugars(?) or are they only found in carbohydrates?

Also, a question for myself, steroids, the ones that make people macho. Are they just a drug that speeds up the production of steroids in your body or are they actual artificial steroids?

Next question, the way steroids work, do they just swap fat tissue into muscle tissue? Looking for the name of the process and description if anyone could.

Okay, proteins. I know they are made up of bunch of poop but what is their role. I read that they are made up of a bunch of amino-acids or basically polypeptides. So, I don't get it, what's the goal of a protein cell?

Sorry to bother you with this pile of poop, you don't have to answer everything, I just need someone to finish what I wrote or you know, see if I am rite or rong. Also, sorry for ####ing stupid words, I am just trying to remember them by writing down.

[DarkReality]

Can't help you with all of it (although I presume the Wikipedia pages on the topics will have most of what you're looking for):

I read about this, our body actually has 1,500 enzymes that do their own specific tasks. Also enzymes are proteins but not all proteins are enzymes. Scientists added suffix -ase to identify enzymes.

Don't know about the number, but yes, enzymes are proteins (there are a few exceptions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribozyme), but in general you can claim that enzymes are proteins) and not all proteins are enzymes. Proteins are pretty much the biological workhorses in your body, doing everything from catalysing reactions (enzymes) to acting as structural proteins to keep cell shape intact, they transport stuff (hemoglobin, for example, is partially made up of proteins), they bind to hormones and act as messengers in the body.

And lots of other stuff.

[Fabian920]

Yeah, I figured I would easily find explanations on the internet, infact I have all the material I need on the computer right now. The problem is I didn't understand it even though I read it more than once (each lesson) so reading the same crap in different words would make me even more confused.

However, when another person talks/chats with me it's easier to understand for some reason.

Thanks for the reply though.

I thought that cellulose kept cell shapes intact though or is it only in plants?

[DarkReality]

Cellulose is only found in plants. From what I understand, it's the hard "exoskeleton" of a plant which they need to make up for their lack of bones. Proteins keep cellular structures (the cytoskeleton) intact to prevent them from going all runny and poop. That also allows cells to actually move around (example being sperm cells)