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In the fermentation of sugar to ethanol, the enzyme that converts glucose into ethanol and carbon dioxide is

  1. Ainvertase
  2. Bdiastase
  3. Cmaltase
  4. Dzymase

Answer: D

Invertase hydrolyses cane sugar to glucose and fructose, and zymase (from yeast) converts glucose and fructose to and . Diastase converts starch to maltose and maltase converts maltose to glucose.
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