St.

Paul College of Parañaque

PAASCU Accredited Level III

GROUP: Javier and Castillo’s Group Section / Track: 12 - St. John Paul II / STEM Date: November 3, 2021

SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS

ENZYMES

I. INTRODUCTION:
An enzyme is a biological catalyst and is almost always a protein. It speeds up the rate of a specific chemical reaction in the cell. The enzyme is not destroyed during the reaction and
is used over and over. A cell contains thousands of different types of enzyme molecules, each specific to a particular chemical reaction. (National Human Genome Research Institute)

II. INSTRUCTION:
1. Use your critical thinking skills and analyze the given scenarios.
2. Fill in the details about the following information.

Short Explanation Enzyme/s and substrate/s Relationship between enzyme/s

Prevention / Intervention
involved and substrate/s in the scenario

The association president Miguel
attended a party in the neighborhood
and ate a lot of mouth-watering
creamy fruit salad. After some time,
the venue was filled with foul-
smelling gas and traces of watery
stools on the floor. EEEEEWWWW.
Looking for the cause, you found
Miguel crumpled in the corner
complaining of stomach-ache and
abdominal spasm. He also said that
he always refrain from eating milky
food since he was young until he saw
that salad.
Miguel has a disease called lactose Lactase - digestive enzyme Miguel is lactose intolerant and since To prevent or avoid the possibility of
intolerance wherein he is unable to Lactose - substrate his body doesn’t have enough lactase having this scenario again, cut back
digest the sugar that is present in which is an enzyme produced in the on the amount of dairy intake, take
dairy products. Those affected with small intestine, the unabsorbed supplements that help digest lactose,
disease are able to ingest dairy but lactose or milk goes to the colon and and if Miguel really wants to eat
they are usually affected by diarrhea. the bacteria present, breaks it down dairy products, just try to include
The creamy fruit salad must have had producing fatty acids, and certain small servings of it in his regular
a form of dairy product in it which gases like carbon dioxide. meals.
triggered Miguel’s lactose
intolerance. This explains why he let
out gas and watery stools after eating
the delicious looking fruit salad.
Pedro, one of the tambays who loved
drinking alcohol day and night in
Aling Nena’s Store, was diagnosed
to have pancreatitis. The doctor
advised him to stay away or
minimize rice, bread, and butter; and
the like. He has NO choice but to say
goodbye to his drinking sessions and
just stay home and eat his veggies.
Juswa, your trustworthy security
officer, is a literal not-so-sweet
person. He always asks if there are
hidden sugars in food before eating it
upon confirming there’s none. He
always says that he cannot take
sugar… because his body cannot
process it completely.
Pedro was diagnosed with Amylase- enzyme
pancreatitis. The disease pancreatitis Starch- substrate
is inflammation of the organ
pancreas. The pancreas is Lipase- enzyme
responsible for the production of Lipid- substrate
enzymes that help digestion and
hormones that regulate the
processing of sugar. This is the
reason why Pedro has to minimize
the intake of food with sugars since
his body will have a difficult time
regulating and processing it. A major
factor in Pedro’s contraction of this
disease is his excessive alcohol
intake. Alcohol causes the pancreas
to become swollen and increases the
risk to develop pancreatitis.
Juswa has congenital sucrase- Sucrase - Sucrose
isomaltase deficiency which is a Maltase - Maltose
disorder that is described as the
inability to digest certain kinds of
sugar. Proof of this is that he always
asks if there are any hidden sugars in
food before he eats them. This is also
because his body cannot process or
break down sugar completely.
Both acute and chronic pancreatitis It was advised by the doctor that
can cause the pancreas to produce Pedro has to stay away or minimize
fewer enzymes that are needed to the intake of rice, bread and butter,
break down and process nutrients instead he has to balance and
from the food that a person eats. maintain a healthy diet by eating
Which can lead to malnutrition, vegetables. Especially to stop
diarrhea and weight loss. Pedro has drinking alcohol to protect his
no choice but to avoid drinking pancreas from the toxic effects of it.
alcohol and eat food that is rich in
nutrients.
People like Juswa who have Juswa can prevent intaking sugar by
congenital sucrase-isomaltase doing what he usually does, asking if
deficiency cannot break down the there are any hidden sugars in food
sugars sucrose and maltose, such as that he wants to consume. This is to
other compounds made from these prevent any problems in his digestive
sugar molecules (carbohydrates). track because of his disease.
These simple sugars are absorbed by
the small intestine. These changes
prevent the enzyme from breaking
down sucrose and maltose, causing
the intestinal discomfort seen in
individuals with congenital sucrase-
isomaltase deficiency. After an
ingestion of maltose or sucrose, a
person might experience bloating,
stomach cramps, excess gas
production, and diarrhea.