I am currently learning about enzymes, their functions (and absent) in the body. For example when someone has lactose intolerance they are lacking of the lactase enzymes, their body is unable to break lactose into glucose.
My question is do we have a limited amount of enzymes in our body or the body is continuously producing it?
If we have limited amount that means once we lose it, its gone forever and that happened to the people with lactose intolerance. Or our body is continuously producing it and the people who has this kind of problem is actually have misfunctioning organs/organisms.
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Enzymes are a special kind of protein, or a class of proteins. They are produced the same way any other protein in the body is produced, mRNA is read by a ribosome and a polypeptide is made. The ribosome does this by reading mRNA, which was copied from the blueprints of the DNA in the cell nucleus. As long as the blueprints ~~don’t become damaged~~ keep getting coppied properly, the cell will be able to keep producing enough enzyme as long as the cell is alive.
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