Energy Capture

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Energy Capture

• Energy flow (most ecosystems)
• Sun ? producers ? consumers ? decomposers

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and Bacteria
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Enzyme Examples

• Lactase cleaves lactose sugar
• DNA Polymerase joins nucleotide monomers to
  make DNA polymer
• Catecholase an enzyme youll study in the lab

• Amylase breaks down starch during digestion
• Protease breaks down proteins
• Cellulase breaks down cellulose (bacterial
  enzyme found in ruminants)

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